Places amosner Wants to Go

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

This off-beat, quirky communism-themed bar isn't afraid to poke fun at its history.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

This domed temple was built in a hidden cave mouth as a refuge for sinners seeking absolution.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.