Places wickedwildflower Wants to Go

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

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

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.