Places Maddy Wants to Go

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

The storied steakhouse is the last in a long line of Lebanese-owned supper clubs in Tulsa.

A museum and apothecary garden devoted to the history of frontier medicine.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

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

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

An underwater city for the dead.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.