Places miriamrigg Wants to Go

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

A memorial to the 1913 tragedy that helped protect the workers of the future.

Residents of this Brooklyn neighborhood may be unaware their houses sit atop a buried trolley graveyard.

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

A burial ground restored by a determined Boy Scout, where fragments of America’s early history rest beneath weathered stones.

The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.

This elegant structure at the heart of a Finger Lakes town was originally a drinking fountain.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

An old dining hall now serves up ghost stories for lusty locals.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

A Victorian cemetery hidden along a trucking route is all that remains of a 19th century village.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

Abandoned for over a century, this chilling train tunnel is now a destination for ghost hunters.

A tiny one-room church built after one man's prayer for healing was answered.

Tour the row, actually a few blocks, where 19th century lumber barons built their grand homes.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

Catch a ride through the Pennsylvania countryside on this historic narrow-gauge railroad.

A local prank turned town icon.

This grave in a small cemetery marks of one of the first U.S. president’s protectors during the Revolutionary War.

A lone grave is quietly tucked away in Kanawha Riflemen's Memorial Park.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.