Places lostslav Wants to Go

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Outdoor exhibits explore the contributions of European, African, and indigenous peoples to American frontier culture.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

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

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.