Places LaurenC Wants to Go

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.