Places Runic Wants to Go

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

A vision of beautiful Hindu architecture in the middle of the American South.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

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

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.