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theevenger

Josh is a US Army Veteran, Eagle Scout, and Dungeon Master, and in a former life he was an IT engineer. He studies Computer Science and English at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. He has been published in Script, and has an upcoming RPG supplement entitled “The Demonic Interference at New Ritipus church” due out on DriveThruRPG by the end of the year. Schedules permitting, his Gothic Horror D&D game meets weekly on Sundays. In his remaining spare time, Josh runs the Spooky Scary Skeletons Literary and Horror Society, which meets twice monthly in Spokane, Washington. Public-facing meeting notes can be found at his website.

www.spookyscarysociety.com

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Providence, Rhode Island

Providence Athenaeum

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

Molly McBride Jacobson

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Providence, Rhode Island

Industrial National Bank Building

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

Added by reunionswamphen

Providence, Rhode Island

Neutaconkanut Hill Park

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

debthomson

Added by debthomson

Providence, Rhode Island

Crook Point Bascule Bridge

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

The Minx

Added by The Minx

Cave City, Kentucky

Funtown Mountain

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

lizziewelch

Added by lizziewelch

Rock, West Virginia

Lake Shawnee Amusement Park

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

kelseythomas

Added by kelseythomas

Sonoma, California

Location of the Microsoft Windows XP Default Wallpaper

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

Michael Inscoe

Added by Michael Inscoe

Danville, Virginia

AAF Tank Museum

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

Added by philhealy

Richmond, Virginia

Hollywood Cemetery

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

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Richmond, Virginia

Edgar Allan Poe Museum

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Added by cryowulf

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Abandoned Virginia Renaissance Faire

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

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Barboursville, Virginia

Barboursville Ruins

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

Added by lcbudd14

Ellicott City, Maryland

Enchanted Forest Theme Park

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

DuckMuscle

Added by DuckMuscle

Bensalem, Pennsylvania

Haunted Lane

The residents of this ominous-sounding street in Pennsylvania liked its name so much they fought to keep it.

dlc31723

Added by dlc31723

Washington, D.C.

Lincoln Memorial Undercroft

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

Elliot Carter

Added by Elliot Carter

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cave of Kelpius

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

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Latrobe, Pennsylvania

The Grave of Mister Rogers

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

Stephen J Taylor

Added by Stephen J Taylor

Willoughby Hills, Ohio

Squire's Castle

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

Rick Jennings

Added by Rick Jennings

Cleveland, Ohio

The Haserot Angel

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

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cathedral of Learning

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

Added by clarkbhm

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Duquesne Incline

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

Added by brickhound

Breezewood, Pennsylvania

Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike

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

Added by Roooster

Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania

The Sonorous Stones of Ringing Rocks Park

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Dylan

Hammonton, New Jersey

Amatol Ghost Town

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

57butler

Added by 57butler