Places ThatGuyFishy Wants to Go

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

A ghost town now swarming with dozens of prairie dogs.