Places artistsandie Wants to Go

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

Cuba's historical trains remind natives of their country's sugary sweet past.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

A colorful narrow alley in Cuba is full of street art and sculptures made of found objects.

This disastrous New Jersey safari park saw animal attacks, escapes, and disease before being abandoned.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

This abandoned ironworks was once the most important military supplier in America.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.