Alamada, Philippines
Asik-Asik Falls
This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Alamada, Philippines
This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.
Mexico City, Mexico
Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.
Hanoi, Vietnam
The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.
Washington, D.C.
A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.
Mexico City, Mexico
CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.
Tegar, India
This abandoned palace and the stupas around it conceal beautiful Buddhist frescoes, statues, and silk paintings.
Hammonton, New Jersey
In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.
San Jon, New Mexico
The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.
Hrodna, Belarus
This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.
San Angelo, Texas
A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.
Milledgeville, Georgia
One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.
Salinas, California
Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.
Vila Franca Do Campo, Portugal
A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.
Prypiat, Ukraine
One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.
Portugal
An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.
Siegen, Germany
The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.
White Springs, Florida
The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.
Zhengzhou, China
A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.
Matera, Italy
People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
Cave City, Kentucky
An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.
Tambon Rong Kwang, Thailand
The long underground cave's curiously shaped stalagmites have inspired many legends.
Staunton, Virginia
A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.
Bucharest, Romania
The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.
Prague, Czechia
A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.