Places dearestcatherine Wants to Go

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

"May prick nor purse ne'er fail you."

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.

Stone pillars and a petrified wedding party in the hills of North Macedonia.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

A failed utopia, shut down by a more legitimate nation.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

"Medieval" castle built in the mid-20th century by one family.