Places nomadandwitch Wants to Go

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.

A 19th century hat factory still stands as a crumbling ruin in upstate New York.

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

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.