Places seanpruden01 Wants to Go

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

A man's home is his castle.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

The former home of the five-time Socialist Party nominee is now a museum dedicated to his career.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

As the oldest structure in Harris County, this 200-year-old frontier cabin stands in the literal shadow of downtown Houston’s massive skyscrapers.

A tidbit of Poe history on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

The childhood home of the award-winning novelist and short story writer.

The inspirational cabin where Gene Stratton-Porter wrote many of her books.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

Benjamin Lay, a fiery abolitionist, is buried outside the Quaker meeting house that disowned him for his beliefs.

Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1893, this Gothic-style castle is now a home for academics.

This university research project is the U.S. government's weed dealer.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

Constructed from bricks salvaged from a former dormitory destroyed in a fire.

The birthplace and original home of the legendary American playwright.

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.