Places seanpruden01 Wants to Go

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

If a visit to this farmhouse feels as if you are stepping into an artistic masterpiece, you’d be right.

This remote museum highlights the island’s impressive creative legacy.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

George Washington commissioned this centuries-old lighthouse off the coast of Maine.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

The loneliest island in New York.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

An allegedly haunted testament to a local businessman's desire for status, posterity, and charity.

Constrained by time and topography, this civil engineering landmark was constructed 100 feet above Starrucca Creek over the course of a single year.

One of the few remaining railroad turntables is hidden near downtown Raleigh.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

This little brick tunnel built by Confederate forces was used to conduct surprise attacks on the railroad.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

It could once load ships with tons of coal in an hour before its closing in 1952.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.