Places Scott Forsythe Wants to Go

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

A moving tribute to a leader of the American abolitionist movement.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

The site of the worst mining disaster in Ohio's history.

This park pays homage to the region's rich industrial history of brick making.

This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.