Places ldr9515 Wants to Go

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

A headstone tells the sad story of a lost little boy and his pet dog.

Now in disrepair, this 19th century station was a stop on of the famed B&O Railroad.

Solving a 60-year mystery finally gave a name to the young woman known only by the color of her clothes.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.