Places amosner Wants to Go

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.

Venice's island of the dead.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

A Natural History and Science Emporium.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A spectacular cave and a beguiling lake.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.

Dedicated to improving the plight of the rare scaly anteater.

The best-preserved Roman small town in North Africa.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.