Cavite City, Philippines
Corregidor Island
The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Kyoto, Japan
Nishiki Market
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Cedar Creek, Texas
Pecan Pie Vending Machine
A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.
Arkutino, Bulgaria
Arkutino School for Gifted Children
An unfinished complex built for children from around the world sits abandoned on the Black Sea coastline.
St. Augustine, Florida
Sacred Cat Rug
Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.
Richmond, Virginia
Ruins of Belle Isle
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Montezuma Castle
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Brussels, Belgium
Cook & Book
A wonderfully kitsch bookstore the size of a supermarket.
Santo André, Brazil
Paranapiacaba Train Station
The remains of a British railway rusting in the jungle mist of a Brazilian mountainside.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
De Poezenboot (The Cat Boat)
A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.
Bordighera, Italy
Hotel Angst
The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.
Hondo, Texas
Ruins of St Dominic's Catholic Church
On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.
Cape Town, South Africa
District Six Museum
A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.
Lanai City, Hawaii
Lanai Cat Sanctuary
The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.
Bucharest, Romania
Curtea Veche (Old Princely Court)
The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.
Tambon Pa Fa, Thailand
Wat Pa Thewapithak
The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.
Valencia, Spain
Cat House
This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.
Paphos, Cyprus
Tombs of the Kings
An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.
Guatemala
Mixco Viejo (Jilotepeque Viejo)
A ruined Maya city that suffered a years-long case of mistaken identity.
Timișoara, Romania
Museum of the Communist Consumer
A collection of items from a way of life that no longer exists.
Permanently Closed
Barú, Colombia
Pablo Escobar's Abandoned Secret Island Mansion
Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.
Worksop, England
Ice Age Cave Dwellings at Creswell Crags
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
Qinhuangdao Shi, China
Old Dragon's Head
Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.
Permanently Closed
Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt
End of the World Cinema
An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.
