Places goingtoreno Wants to Go

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

Tombstone of a dog that greeted passengers at the Southern Railway Depot.

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

This small turbine mill along Rocky Creek was built in 1928

The headquarters of a pioneering cast iron and cast aluminum cookware company is in ruins, but still standing.