Places Rebecca Ro Wants to Go

This scout retreat, still in use today, was the filming location for the original “Friday the 13th” film.

The largest collection of Frazetta originals in the world.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.

Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

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

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

This eight-mile stretch of road gets its name from a local legend about a lost soul searching for his head.

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.