Places hopemch Wants to Go

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

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

The largest police museum in the western United States displays the evolution of crime-fighting Seattle.

This parking garage has given itself over to graffiti artists and the neighborhood can't thank them enough.

In the midst of a residential town in Washington exists a property saturated with one man's artistic creations.

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

Walking by this fence is like strolling along a portal to various fictional worlds.

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

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

Celebrate Earth Day with a menagerie of vibrant, artistic animal costumes.