Places jimvmurray Wants to Go

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.