Places katehawes Wants to Go

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

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.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

Zipline through the deepest canyon in the eastern United States.

Constructed during the roaring 20s, this restored historic hotel recalls its past as home to the first in-hotel distillery.

Dine in a former general store from the Roaring Twenties, when Eggleston was a hot springs boomtown.

Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

A gift from Scotland to the United States in memory of the 270 lives lost when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie due to a terrorist bombing.

A secret rendezvous spot where John S. Mosby and his Rangers would meet to divvy up their loot after raids.

An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

Long buried under the 20th-century landscape, this lift lock of the Alexandria Canal is the lone remnant of an ambitious early American transportation project.

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.

The only surviving 19th-century water-powered mill found in the Washington, D.C. area.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.