Places thepencilburner Wants to Go

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

An oddities shop packed with twisted treasures inspired by Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.