Places DJ BAHLER Wants to Go

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

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

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

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