Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.

Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

The worst flood disaster in Welsh history might have been a lot worse if it had not happened on movie night.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

This lonely tower survived the landslide that devastated much of a Mexican mining town.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

A hidden piece of Altoona's railroad history in a long-forgotten abandoned town.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A Spanish artist builds his own castle.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.