Places moeron1 Wants to Go

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

Marvel at 400-year-old trees in one of the last remaining old-growth Appalachian forests.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.

One of the last remaining pedestrian suspension bridges in North Carolina.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.