Places lodivaloca Wants to Go

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

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

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

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

An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.