Places dearestcatherine Wants to Go

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.

This ancient Hawaiian henge may have been an early star chart.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

In this tiny Iranian town playing on the roof isn't just encouraged, it's the only place to go.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

As the aging humans of this Japanese village die off one local artisan is replacing them with eerie homonculi.

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

Boats must transform into railroad cars to navigate this Polish canal.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.