Places michaelamiller Wants to Go

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

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

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

Bizarre Cavern.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

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.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

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

A beautiful, water-filled quarry that has become a popular haunt for swimmers and artists.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.