Nara, Japan
Nara Dreamland
The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Nara, Japan
The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.
Bhatiari, Bangladesh
Where giant ships go to die.
Gaddani, Pakistan
The third largest ship breaking yard in the world has created an eerie shipping graveyard in southern Pakistan.
Portugal
A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.
Cougar, Washington
The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.
Brazil
Site full of incredible prehistoric paintings and archeological findings.
Baiona, Spain
This abandoned naval battery stood at the ready as recently as the 1980s.
Gansbaai, South Africa
An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?
Bronx, New York
The loneliest island in New York.
Qingdao, China
Forgotten German bunkers in China create a sharp cultural contrast.
Islas Marietas, Mexico
A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.
Whittingham, England
This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.
Green Island, Australia
Home of the world's largest crocodile.
Venice, Italy
Venice's "Island of the Mad."
Turks and Caicos Islands
The rusted remains of a victim of Hurricane Ike.
Dmitrovsky District, Russia
A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.
Gili Meno, Indonesia
A Balinese resort, empty and trapped in time.
Aogashima, Japan
We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...
Beppu, Japan
Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.
Brooklyn, New York
The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”
Denbigh, Wales
The decaying ruins of Wales' first asylum for the mentally ill.
Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Ayr, Scotland
Wonderfully preserved Victorian factory, complete with a preserved steam powered engine house.