Washington, D.C.
Foundry Branch Trolley Trestle Ruins
A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.
Los Angeles, California
The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.
San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Seale, Alabama
A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.
Afton, Virginia
A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.
White, Georgia
One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.
Bodfish, California
One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Austin, Texas
Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
New York, New York
From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.
Euclid, Ohio
This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.
San Francisco, California
San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.
Ingram, Texas
A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
Ellicott City, Maryland
An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.
Hallandale Beach, Florida
The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.
Collettsville, North Carolina
A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.