Places seanpruden01 Wants to Go

This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.

Once the center of a thriving early Black community called Martinsburg.

One of the oldest continuous congregations organized by Black Americans has been flourishing for nearly 250 years.

This unassuming home played a pivotal role in American history, essentially putting an end to the Revolutionary War.

This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

This Asian-inspired tower in a lush urban park provides spectacular panoramic views of Baltimore.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.

The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

The company moved out of its sprawling headquarters, leaving plenty of traces behind.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.