Places stefanmarquart Wants to Go

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

This world record holding pocketknife is so large that it has to be operated by a crane.

The collection of a paranormal investigator who traveled the country collecting haunted items and stories.

What was one of the largest hotels in the country burned to the ground in a tragic fire.

A gothic-styled structure that has been the location for several movies.

A quirky museum paying tribute to the history of the optical industry.

The former desk of Fire Chief Joseph "Bum" Farto is all that remains after his mysterious disappearance following a drug conviction.

This time capsule lets you enjoy decades-old Japanese arcade games.

Why would a Civil War general and president choose to be buried in a local Indianapolis graveyard and not Arlington National Cemetery?

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Through a gap in a chain link fence behind an auto shop is one of Arlington’s oldest family cemeteries.

Vintage neon signs illuminate highway history.

This charming Mediterranean Revival landmark has welcomed guests since 1927, and starred in a cult horror film. 

Japan's legendary filmmaker is interred in a small graveyard in a similarly modest temple in Kamakura.

A hospital that became a college, was abandoned again, and finally became a gated community.

According to folklore, this grave lies near the site of the “standing death” of one of Japan’s fiercest warriors.

Canada’s infamous maximum-security prison, now open for guided tours with former guards.

Cape Cod’s historic beacon made famous on a potato chip bag.

The ruins of celebrated theologian Samuel Rutherford’s church, featured in a 1970s cult horror film.

A majestic Japanese villa peculiarly towers over Hollywood Boulevard.

A hidden, morbidly fascinating cemetery deep in the forest.

Fans are known to leave tributes to these two brothers, both heavy-metal legends.

100 years of rolling bus history and Hollywood cameos.

The longest pier in North America stretches over the Chesapeake Bay.