Places mechayakuza Wants to Go

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.

Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Forgotten and then destroyed by fire, this was once one of the largest saltwater swimming pools in the world.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.