Turner, Oregon
Enchanted Forest
This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Turner, Oregon
This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.
Oakland, California
This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.
Daly City, California
A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.
Oakland, California
Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.
Oakland, California
A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026
San Francisco, California
Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.
Pacifica, California
Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.
Pacifica, California
The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.
Malindi, Kenya
Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
Whittingham, England
This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.
Stannington, England
St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.
Thirsk, England
The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Wroxall, England
This shell of a historic manor house on the Isle of Wight is said to be the most haunted site on the island.
Joshua Tree, California
Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.
Jerome, Arizona
On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.
Hajmáskér, Hungary
One of the largest barracks of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy's military is now an abandoned ruin.
Richmond, California
Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.
Boudry, Switzerland
This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.
Hilo, Hawaii
Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Los Angeles, California
A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.
San Francisco, California
Big gun installations, built over a massive cemetery, now abandoned & hidden in trees.