Places peglegasus Wants to Go

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.

This real life asylum of horrors is now an abandoned ruin that hides the unbreakable code to one patient's insanity.

The ruins of this Brazilian island prison still bear the scars of the bloody rebellion that closed it down.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

This tiny cluster of abandoned buildings looks like the future of the ghost town - today!

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.