Places dearestcatherine Wants to Go

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.

Skeletons dressed in extravagant 18th century royal costumes cavort in the aisles of this German basilica.

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.

This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.

This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

An abandoned Soviet-era park that, when viewed from the air, looks like a pentagram.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

A Bed-Stuy gymnasium that hosts expansive raves, performances, dance parties, and more.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.