Places katherineconnelly Wants to Go

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

In this 400-year-old hotel in Madrid, you'll find a comb in every room, an old clock, and maybe a ghost.

The unfinished final resting place of some of Spain's most prominent politicians.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

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

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

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

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

This 25-foot-tall gorilla made his way from the Wildwood boardwalk to a Pine Barrens gas station and deli.