Places summisummi99 Wants to Go

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.