Places aswope1995 Wants to Go

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

This impressive system of tanks was used to store drinking water as long as 2,000 years ago.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.

This giant, 83-year-old ship elevator is an engineering feat to behold.

The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.

Enigmatic tombs and cave dwellings on the outskirts of a rural village.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.

Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

A 19th-century utopian religious society designed to align with the latitude of Jerusalem.

Beautiful tiles decorate many of the town's surfaces and stand testimony to its glorious artistic history.

A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.