Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

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

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

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

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

Bizarre Cavern.

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

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.