Places miriamrigg Wants to Go

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

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

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

A Gothic cathedral created from volcanic rocks.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

The historic villages and towns of Suffolk are filled with wonky wooden beam houses painted an unusual shade of pink. Unknown to many though, this sweet shade has a bloody history.

One of the most successful gold mines of the Victorian gold rush.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.