Places The Haunted Folklorist Wants to Go

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Live chainsaw carvings of tiki statues aim to keep a tradition with ancient roots alive in this small Delaware town.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

Evidence of a long-ago crush remains scratched into the glass at this historic Maryland House.

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

This tiny, one-acre cemetery serves as a reminder of when the Civil War got close to the nation’s capitol.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

The last remaining location of a drive-up hot dog stand named after a local pool shark.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.