Places donnatalarico Wants to Go

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A "house to which to flee" for settlers in colonial Pennsylvania.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

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.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

In 1967, murder and mayhem disrupted the tranquility along this quiet stretch of Old Route 66.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.