Places istnbl Wants to Go

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

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

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Decommissioned NYC subway cars are dumped into the ocean to create this underwater wildlife habitat.

The longest covered bridge in Delaware.

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

Dinosaurs, magic, and wonder are hidden amid the forests of Allaire State Park.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

An enormous overgrown greenhouse teeming with graffiti and wildlife.

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

This stone bridge is all that remains of a submerged New Jersey town.

A mixture of strange symbols, ciphers, words and cryptograms carved in 1876 remain unsolved to this day.

A small cave hidden deep within the Jenny Jump State Forest.