Places Rebecca Ro Wants to Go

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.