Places ckoohle Wants to Go

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.

These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

The Belgian royal family's private depot now stands abandoned and forgotten alongside the tracks.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

An abandoned fishing village in pre-oil Qatar.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

This disused church, left to the elements of the Arctic Circle's forests is open for exploration.

Ancient burial grounds of the wealthy.

The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

What might be the largest completely Jewish town in the world outside of Israel now faces dwindling numbers and empty streets.

Foreign invaders almost left this lovely Caucasus palace alone—almost.

In oil-rich Azerbaijan, people bathe in the black stuff.

Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone.

Spring that emits water and fire at the same time is said to have remedial properties, and sparked its own religion.

Resonant stone, that has been played since prehistoric times.

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

The luxurious circular mansion built for a Communist leader now lies abandoned.