There are many stories about insane asylums and the tortures that took place behind their walls. As terrifying as they are, more often than not, they turn out to be true. Even though the asylum itself (and the way it was run) is menacing, they're beautiful buildings. They are also almost always considered haunted, which is pretty cool. I've always loved abandoned buildings; their histories that just disappeared along with their inhabitants. But these insane asylums are definitely places that I want to visit.

1. Letchworth Village

2. Rolling Hills Asylum

3. Kings Park Psychiatric Center

4. Rockland Psychiatric Center

5. Trenton Psychiatric Hospital

6. Danver's State Hospital

7. Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

8. Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital

9. Willard Asylum For The Clinically Insane

10. Utica State Hospital

11. Overbrook Insane Asylum

12. Sunland Asylum

As creepy as these all seem, they were once beautiful buildings, built to try to help people. Even though the treatments they tried to use were barbaric and not helpful at all, they were originally built with good intentions. Mental health is something every person has, and sometimes there are illnesses involved. The insane asylums were originally created to help the clinically insane patients live a life that was better than what they had before being admitted into the asylum. They may be broken down, abandoned and "haunted," but they would still be cool to visit.