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Ovid, New York
Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane
An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Luster, Norway
Urnes Stave Church
An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.
Richland, Washington
B Reactor
A 1940s nuclear reactor built to produce plutonium for the Manhattan Project.
Wareham, England
Tyneham Ghost Village
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Abandoned Pacific Barrier Radar III
This abandoned radar site is slowly being taken back by the jungle, its mission cut short by the end of the Cold War.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Center of the Universe
An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Territorio de Zaguates (Land of Strays)
Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.
Mühltal, Germany
Castle Frankenstein
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Morristown, Tennessee
The 'Evil Dead' Cabin
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."
Alrewas, England
'Shot at Dawn' at the National Memorial Arboretum
In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.
Wingdale, New York
Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
New York, New York
Paley Park
A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.
San Francisco, California
Museum of the Eye
A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.
San Francisco, California
The Pirate Supply Store at 826 Valencia
An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.
San Francisco, California
Maltese Falcon Alleyway
Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store
The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.
New York, New York
Tannen's Magic Shop
New York's oldest magic store.
Brooklyn, New York
Morbid Anatomy Library & Giftshop
A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories
New York, New York
Plaque of Nikola Tesla on Radio Wave Building
The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.
Brooklyn, New York
Mafia Executioner Albert Anastasia's 1920s Home
Where infamous mobster and leader of Murder Inc. Albert Anastasia made his home.
New York, New York
MoMath - The Museum of Mathematics
A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.
New York, New York
The Hidden Holocaust Memorial of Madison Park
A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.
New York, New York
Bellevue Hospital
The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.
Brooklyn, New York
Site of Continental Iron Works
Where the Monitor was launched and ushered in the age of the "ironclads."
