Places stephaniewade56 Wants to Go

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

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

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.