Places Crankstrap Wants to Go

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

This magnificent abandoned hotel has long been haunted by its Nazi past.

This eerie abandoned building with a dark history is said to be one of the most haunted places in the Philippines.

The abandoned remains of this once-thriving hotel looms over the city, awaiting an uncertain future.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.

A forsaken beachfront condo abandoned after the Boxing Day Tsunami.

The once-grand remains of this resort are slowly turning into the strange ruins of the future.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.