Places Jenisaur Wants to Go

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

View roughly 7,000 books amassed over decades by the author and avid bibliophile.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.