Places dmanderson70 Wants to Go

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

Waterfalls, rapids, and top-notch swimming spots await in this densely forested corner of the Smokies.

The oldest soda fountain in St. Louis has been serving up treats for more than a century.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

One woman’s obsession gave birth to this lovely oddity at the Boston Public Library.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

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

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.