Places Laflaneure Wants to Go

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.