Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

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

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt, a pirate, and multiple wars.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.

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

Dozens of houses in the Adirondack Mountains are reminders of a literal "cottage industry" to cure people of a deadly disease.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

A sewing machine tycoon built this miniature castle for the people and to beautify a lakeshore.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.

A tiny islet just off Long Island offers a wealth of infectious curiosities.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

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

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.