Places sarahltait Wants to Go

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

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

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.

This small, unassuming street is now a canvas for color and creativity.

An out of this world experience.

A towering bronze statue memorializes the founding father of postwar American conservatism.

A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

The site of a popular piano lounge owned by a former world champion boxer is now a place to rent a truck.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

This lone survivor of a regional franchise still slings delicious burgers and colossal servings of fries.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

"Di amigo y entra" at this Argentinian Middle Earth-inspired pub.