Places graypudding Wants to Go

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

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

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.