Xianyang, China
Chinese Pyramids of Xian
Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Xianyang, China
Enormous burial mounds of ancient emperors.
Asturias, Spain
An abandoned Indian-inspired mansion.
Zunil, Guatemala
Volcanically heated hot springs.
Titulcia, Spain
Mysterious Spanish catacombs of unknown origins.
Balestrino, Italy
Abandoned medieval hill town.
Capo Testa, Italy
Windblown rock formations in an ancient Roman quarry.
Saturnia, Italy
Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.
Ribadeo, Spain
Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Sant Quirze Safaja, Spain
An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.
Sitges, Spain
Abandoned waterpark turned counter-culture mecca.
Province of Matera, Italy
An Italian hillside ghost town.
Jablanac, Croatia
The remains of a sunken military ship wreck visible through clear water.
Ica, Peru
An unexpected desert oasis in South America.
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
Egypt
An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.
Fairview, Utah
A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Remains of a station that only operated for one year.
Chefchaouen, Morocco
Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.
Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
Kish, Iran
Hydraulic systems in an ancient underground Iranian city.
Odesa, Ukraine
The largest catacomb system in the world.