Places sheinsis Wants to Go

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote 'The Jungle Book' is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

The official peace statue of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Once a private collection, now the only museum of arms and armor in the Western Hemisphere - CLOSED.

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

This decrepit abandoned building is made all the more eerie by its dark history.

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

A red brick monolith is all that remains of New England’s first commercial brickyard.

This home is steeped in history from, George Washington to George Corwin, High Sheriff during the Salem Witch Trials.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

She become one of the first women to serve in the United States military by secretly dressing like a man.

Oldest church in the United States that is still in continuous use.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.