Places itsmebrandi Wants to Go

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

Along the Palisades skyline are the ruins of a large mansion built in 1911 and demolished in the 1930s.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

This scout retreat, still in use today, was the filming location for the original “Friday the 13th” film.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

This restaurant feels like a trip to the Dominican Republic—right down to the beer served in a hollowed-out drum.

A hidden yellow shack full of made-to-order Puerto Rican delights.

Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.