Places aswope1995 Wants to Go

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

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

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

This man-made mound monument was built out of soil from all across the Polish empire.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

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

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.

Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

This limestone cave offers an incredible view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.