Places shadowsandrust Wants to Go

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

The loneliest island in New York.

A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.

These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.