Places summisummi99 Wants to Go

This factory made "health corsets" that were a step towards liberating women's bodies.

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

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

An overgrown and abandoned tuberculosis ward resides in the midst of a quaint modern neighborhood.

A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

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

An industrial waste tourist attraction.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.