Places dl42483 Wants to Go

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

An entire subdivision was accidentally built on a flood plain, resulting in its eventual demolition—but the streets are still there.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

This hidden, women-built-and-operated Nevada temple on Shoshone Native American land is dedicated to the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet among other goddesses.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This early 20th-century rural drinking fountain provides water for both horses and humans.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

What if the cure for all that ails you was as simple as repeated exposure to low-dose radon?

The vanishing remains of an old water station from the late 19th century.

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.