Places dorcasdesign Wants to Go

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

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.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

An abandoned 146-acre summer resort slowly being reclaimed by nature.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

Off a hiking trail in Rhode Island stands a picturesque memorial to a long-forgotten war.

This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.