Places aodl Wants to Go

An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.

Huts like this were once a hub for the female divers who collected pearls and seafood off Japan's coasts.

A rare chance to ride one of the few continuous elevators still in operation.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.

Sculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali Uysal.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

The experimental test tracks of a retro-futuristic monorail still stand in the French countryside.

The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

Figures of unknown origin carved into the surfaces of underground caves.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.