Permanently Closed
Gilmanton, New Hampshire
Birthplace of H.H. Holmes
Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.
Places jordank Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Hampton, New Hampshire
Moulton Mansion
The mansion and cenotaph of the New Hampshire Faust.
Hampton, New Hampshire
Eunice "Goody" Cole Memorial Stone
A stone memorial erected for New Hampshire's only convicted witch.
Lyndeborough, New Hampshire
Purgatory Falls
Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Nike Missile Site W-92
Three abandoned missile silos are hiding in plain sight behind a suburban development in Maryland.
Fort Meade, Maryland
National Cryptologic Museum
A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.
Charlottesville, Virginia
University of Virginia's Seven Society
The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.
Centreville, Virginia
Foamhenge
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Norfolk, Virginia
Cementiscope
A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.
Stafford, Virginia
Hogan's Alley
The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.
Front Royal, Virginia
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.
Culpeper, Virginia
National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.
Washington, D.C.
Capitol Tile Room
In the basement of the U.S. Capitol Building is a hidden storage room full of ornate floor tiles leftover from the 1850s.
Washington, D.C.
The Highest Court In the Land
There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.
Washington, D.C.
Clean Rivers Tunnel
An 18-mile-long tunnel for sewage waste will soon wind within the bowels of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
International Temple of the Order of the Eastern Star
Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.
Washington, D.C.
Washington Monument Access Hatch
Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.
Washington, D.C.
Abandoned Drawbridge Control Room
The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.
Washington, D.C.
Ruins of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site at Reservoir Park
An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Shepherdstown Public Library
The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.
Collingwood, Australia
Easey's
A train car sitting on a rooftop makes an unlikely and picturesque setting for dinner.
Jaipur, India
Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)
The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Washington, D.C.
Grace Hopper's Bug
A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.
Washington, D.C.
State Department Protocol Gift Office
They sort through millions of dollars worth of diplomatic gifts on behalf of the government.
