Places kateemv Wants to Go

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Explore the 500-year history of silk-making in Lyon at this museum, workshop, and boutique.

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

A son's promise to his dying father in the form of a covered bridge filled with thousands of seashells.

This smiling statue memorializes local cartoonist Bob Montana and his legendary creation.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.