Places orjustfriends Wants to Go

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

A soon-to-be-forgotten roadside spectacle loaded with local lore.

The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

This sprawling collection of saintly relics includes such fascinations as wood from the Cross of Jesus and threads from Mary's veil.

A monument to a Polish general who fought the American Revolution and became the "Father of the American Cavalry."

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

Created by four famous men, the beautifully designed Buffalo State Asylum was resurrected as a hotel and art center, but still boasts a ghost story or two.

In the recreated studio of a visionary artist, a stone that may be more than meets the eye.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.