Places christopherapted Wants to Go

Open-air museum of eleven landscapes (ten Dutch ones plus a British one) in miniature.

An entire street built on the foundation of the first wall of Amersfoort. It has 61 national heritage sites in the street itself.

Tucked away amongst Leadenhall Market’s cobbled passageways is a whimsical little (literally) attraction.

Reachable only by foot, the ruins of the 1800s pump house and dam that supplied water to Durham, North Carolina, until 1927 sit by the scenic Eno River.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A monorail that was built to serve a new development but technical problems, lack of users, and a pandemic caused it to be closed and abandoned.

The guest rooms in this hotel are a tiny castle, a ship built into a tower, and an underground burrow.

One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.

In 1838, 859 Potawatomi Indians were forcibly removed from their village to begin a grueling march to Kansas. This location marks the first death.

When the water level in the Danube in central Budapest is low enough, there is a secret site telling the history of one of the most iconic bridges of the city.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

An operating 19th-century lighthouse just on the southern tip of Sweden.

A hauntingly preserved early 20th-century industrial flour mill featuring a grand central tower, ornate spiral staircases, and original milling machinery left untouched.

Overlooking beautiful Rhossili Bay are the remnants of a former World War II radar station.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

How a friendly mining-school rivalry, two adventurous students, and 400 tons of limestone created a Platteville landmark.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

As the Royal Family's jam supplier, this museum displays relics from the two world wars, farm equipment, a four legged chick, and other curiosities.

A seven-story circular concrete tower, once the heart of Ferrara’s Eridania distillery, resembles a modern industrial Colosseum.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.