Places megkaczynski Wants to Go

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

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

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

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

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

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

Bizarre Cavern.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

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

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

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

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

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

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

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