Places dearestcatherine Wants to Go

Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

The largest of the Fuji Five Lakes is home to an impressive swan population—some real, some with paddles, and one with an observation deck.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

Striking ruins of a mansion that stood center stage in one of modern Brazil's most puzzling crimes.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.

The world's most delightful not-NOT-religion welcomes visitors to the town of Templin, just like its more stoic peers.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.

This medieval village/restaurant perpetually celebrates the year 1376.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.