Places Obscurities Wants to Go

Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

On the side of a remote mountain, a stone face bearing an inscription of mysterious origin.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.