Places akornblatt Wants to Go

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A hidden subterranean installation offers a view of the sky.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

Memorial to the Titanic engineers that died working to hold back the sea.

The somewhat misnamed 'Garden of Shells' lovingly built from found objects.

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.

A sunken idol welcomes parishioners to Davy Jones' Locker.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.