Places seanpruden01 Wants to Go

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

A sprawling historic mansion with connections to a notable industrial and publishing dynasty.

This apartment building designed by a notable Washington D.C. architect housed the Qing Dynasty's Legation.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

This Masonic lodge was the first major private building to be constructed in Washington, D.C. after the Civil War.

This unassuming passageway played a key role in one of the most important events in U.S. history.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

A lone traffic cone perched on a ledge has remained unmoved since at least 2011, unofficially earning the status of a tiny Chicago landmark.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.