Places Ryan Haupt Wants to Go

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

A memorial honoring those who perished in one of the worst construction disasters in U.S. history.

Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

There’s a special club house at the top for the bell ringers.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.