Places writerchick2 Wants to Go

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

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

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

Behold the rickety glory of one of the oldest roller coasters still standing.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.