Places dangerscuba Wants to Go

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.

An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.

This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Underneath one of the region's most historic roads lies the home of Plato's successor.