The leaves are about to turn their vibrant hues, and while these destinations aren’t necessary for leaf peeping, we’ve got some cool places for you to check out. This abandoned places road trip brings you to places that are beautiful, sometimes creepy and always a great subject for an award winning photo. Grab your camera and channel your inner explorer because these places you don’t want to miss.

An abandoned road trip overview.

Google Maps For a more detailed outline from Google Maps click here.

  1. Abandoned Grain Elevator Factory, St. Johnsbury

Flickr/Nicholas Erwin An elevator factory isn’t something you see everyday!

  1. Woodbury Country Store, Woodbury

Flickr/Nicholas Erwin

Flickr/Nicholas Erwin The rusty gas pumps give a ghost town feel to this old country store.

  1. House in Montgomery

Flickr/Peter Rintels The old Dutchburn farmhouse in Montgomery. It is also the site where where Brianna Maitland’s abandoned car was discovered when she disappeared in 2004.

  1. An abandoned house in St. Albans

Flickr/John Christopher A rusty door and shutters give this house an eerie appearance.

  1. Old Power Plant, Burlington

Flickr/Jay Parker This is one of the coolest buildings in the entire state. It’s the last beacon of industrial detritus that defined this stretch of Burlington’s waterfront until the early ’90s when the area was beautified.

  1. Hyde Manor in Sudbury

Flickr/Don Shall

Flickr/Jay Parker This once popular vacation destination is now dilapidated and probably beyond repair. This old tourist attraction now sits off to the side of Route 30 staring at the passers-by. There’s more to this place than meets the eye.

  1. Cabin in Killington

Flickr/Jay Parker

Photo Credit Cabin for rent, needs roof work.

  1. An old tire house in Pownal

Flickr/Jay Parker As usual, nothing good is on TV.

Flickr/Jay Parker Many, many tires all around.

Vermont also has abandoned gold mines, copper mines, houses, factories and more. Many think the Walloomsac Inn is abandoned, but this one is still inhabited.

Google Maps

For a more detailed outline from Google Maps click here.

Flickr/Nicholas Erwin

An elevator factory isn’t something you see everyday!

The rusty gas pumps give a ghost town feel to this old country store.

Flickr/Peter Rintels

The old Dutchburn farmhouse in Montgomery. It is also the site where where Brianna Maitland’s abandoned car was discovered when she disappeared in 2004.

Flickr/John Christopher

A rusty door and shutters give this house an eerie appearance.

Flickr/Jay Parker

This is one of the coolest buildings in the entire state. It’s the last beacon of industrial detritus that defined this stretch of Burlington’s waterfront until the early ’90s when the area was beautified.

Flickr/Don Shall

This once popular vacation destination is now dilapidated and probably beyond repair. This old tourist attraction now sits off to the side of Route 30 staring at the passers-by. There’s more to this place than meets the eye.

Photo Credit

Cabin for rent, needs roof work.

As usual, nothing good is on TV.

Many, many tires all around.

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