Washington, D.C.
Hecht Company Warehouse
Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Gaithersburg Latitude Observatory
Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.
Stewartstown, Pennsylvania
Rehmeyer's Hollow
The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.
Bowie, Maryland
National Capital Radio & Television Museum
The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.
Columbia, Maryland
The Enchanted Forest Pine Tree Maze at Clark's Elioak Farm
A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.
Linthicum Heights, Maryland
Urology Museum
Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.
Permanently Closed
Ellicott City, Maryland
Enchanted Forest Theme Park
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Permanently Closed
Ellicott City, Maryland
St. Mary's College
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Baltimore, Maryland
National Museum of Dentistry
George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.
Baltimore, Maryland
Elijah Bond's Ouija Board Grave
The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.
Baltimore, Maryland
Site of Edgar Allan Poe's Death
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Rome, Italy
Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Kernersville, North Carolina
Körner’s Folly
Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
Cassadaga, New York
Lily Dale Spiritualist Community
Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.
Cardross, Scotland
The Ruins of St. Peter's Seminary
One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.
Leiden, Netherlands
Museum Boerhaave
A former plague hospital turned medical museum.
Nagasaki, Japan
Gunkanjima Island
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Hermiston, Oregon
Umatilla Chemical Depot
A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Mount Trashmore
Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.
San Francisco, California
Ruins of the Sutro Baths
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
Kalabaka, Greece
Meteora
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
London, England
Gordon Museum of Pathology
One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Bad Art
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
