Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

One of the now-less-hidden floral gems of the "Emerald Necklace."

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

No matter what it might seem like on film, most scenes filmed on a plane are filmed at this LA studio.