Places fijareplous Wants to Go

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

This small museum is dedicated to telling the 4,000-year story of Palestinian history, culture, and resistance.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

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

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

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.

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.