Places nic0t33msk Wants to Go

1960s modernist architecture in the form of a church and monastery at the foothills of the Andes.

Once built to revive one of the world's most legendary car brands, this futuristic factory in Italy now stands abandoned as a striking monument to Bugatti's short-lived 1990s comeback.

Old-style open-air cages bringing you from Gubbio’s city center to the San'Ubaldo Basilica.

The mountaintop inspiration for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose."

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

These striking ruins of a castle resemble a ship's stern.

This imposing modern citadel started out as a home renovation project.

A small sanctuary carved into the mountainside near the tallest point in continental Portugal.

During World War II, the Shroud of Turin was secreted to this remote southern Italian complex.

Sanctuary on a ridge near an ancient shrine to a "Black Madonna" built by the founder of Opus Dei.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

One man's fulfilled dream of living on an artificial island made of recycled plastic bottles.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

Hike up to this ancestral grain storage site, but don't touch.

An old quarry transformed into a recreational and cultural space.

Abandoned limestone quarry from the 19th century, now a man-made canyon reclaimed by nature.

Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.

An abandoned early 20th-century mansion towers over a cliff in a southern Peruvian beach town.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A 2017 crowdfunding campaign saved this historic castle from being destroyed.

This enchanting hamlet carved into the rock looks like something straight out of Tolkien's Rivendell.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.

In the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, lies a train trestle to nowhere.