Ridala Parish, Estonia
Haapsalu Airfield
This abandoned fighter jet launch center is now a haunting street racing course.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Ridala Parish, Estonia
This abandoned fighter jet launch center is now a haunting street racing course.
Kawasaki, Japan
This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.
Jerusalem, Israel
This nightmarish children's plaything was left grotesque to help kids conquer their fear.
Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.
Thessaloniki, Greece
Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.
Amman, Jordan
The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Mount Carroll, Illinois
Former hotel turned into haunted playground.
Winslow, Arizona
A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.
Winslow, Arizona
One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.
Kewanee, Illinois
The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.
Potsdam, Germany
Solar observatory doubles as a daring display of Expressionist architecture, much to Einstein's chagrin.
Berlin, Germany
This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.
Civita, Italy
This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.
Enbekshikazakh District, Kazakhstan
The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.
Moka, Mauritius
The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.
Queens, New York
Guerilla gardeners reclaimed this abandoned railroad land literally putting down roots.
Istanbul, Turkey
The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.
Santa Ana Chapitiro, Mexico
This church devoted to Mexico's "dead saint" is a festive celebration of a formerly hidden religious figure.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.
Zihuatanejo, Mexico
A notoriously corrupt Chief of Police's deteriorating Greek-themed playhouse.
Morgantown, West Virginia
This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.
Washington, D.C.
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.