Places dearestcatherine Wants to Go

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

A full figure 4th century incorruptible saint lies in a glass coffin in Croatia.

Underground hospital complex constructed by slave laborers during the German occupation of the Channel Islands.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

This WWII-era military installation once held an entire city within its walls - now, its walls are falling down.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.