Places semken Wants to Go

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

Museum showcases Japanese sexuality and some amazing ocean views.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

The highest bridge in the world rises a dizzying 1,854 feet above the river.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

A boiling wellspring flowing with natural gas burns in a continual blaze.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.