Oakland, California
Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts
A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Oakland, California
A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Bonne Terre, Missouri
The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.
Fox Glacier, New Zealand
A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.
Castelnovo ne' Monti, Italy
An Italian geologic wonder that served as the inspiration for the landscape of Dante's hell.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.
Chicago, Illinois
A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.
San Antonio del Tequendama, Colombia
This picturesque mansion has gone from opulent ruin to nature museum.
Aït Ben Haddou, Morocco
A fortified city, home to a remaining population of five families
Aké, Mexico
A hacienda that features all things uniquely Yucatán.
Detroit, Michigan
The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.
Xiulin Township, Taiwan
An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.
Fontaine-de-Vaucluse, France
Even France's favorite aquatic son Jacques Cousteau, couldn't get to the bottom of it.
Juneau, Alaska
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."
Queens, New York
Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.
Whitsundays, Australia
A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.
Hinckley, Utah
A shady solar power system that couldn't hold up to the harsh desert conditions.
Gwangju-si, South Korea
The abandoned hospital whose elaborate ghost stories cover up the dirty truth - an uneventful sanitation issue and other mundane reasons for its demise.
Louisville, Kentucky
This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.
Consonno, Italy
This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.
Marco Island, Florida
An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.
Palenque, Mexico
An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.