Places miriamrigg Wants to Go

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

A 13th-century stronghold that has fallen into ruin.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.

The skulls and bones of thousands of soldiers line the walls of this small Italian chapel.

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

Eerily lifelike effigies stare at everyone who enters this sanctuary.

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.

Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.