Places christosnyc Wants to Go

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

A series of caves, tunnels, and wells filled with fascinating figures and symbols.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

Designed as a labyrinth, this subterranean prison was crafted without bars or doors.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

The remains of a magnificent medieval fortress that was the capital of a vast empire.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

The biggest and deepest Cold War bunker open to the public can be found in southeast England.

In the land of the Light Brigade stands a testament to the Cold War.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

A southern Swedish island is home to the last ERSTA artillery battery, meant to protect the shoreline during the Cold War.

A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.