Places hmhmurphy Wants to Go

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

A classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

Berlin's beloved bear is immortalized at the Museum für Naturkunde.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.