Places Hheeaatthh Wants to Go

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

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

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.