Places mikecarlucci Wants to Go

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

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

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

250-year-old farm now features sculptures, a petting zoo and a hippy-bazaar.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.