Places esftripod Wants to Go

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

Condemned US Navy seaplane control tower turned officers’ club sits atop Yerba Buena Island.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.

The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.

This historic Civil War church has survived over a century of racial turmoil but still stands as a reminder of the town's roots.

The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.