Places JanineWM Wants to Go

Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.

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

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.

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

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

A decorated war pigeon stands guard in eternal taxidermied rest at his alma mater.

Filled with history, this cemetery is maintained each summer by a few hungry goats.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

A small structure built from used railroad ties honors the short term of America's 20th president.

Hundreds of iconic jazz records were made in this church-like space.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.

Beautiful stained glass depictions of the history of human flight fill this surprising chapel.

New Jersey's last historic covered bridge was rebuilt from pieces of the original 19th-century structure.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.