Places dearestcatherine Wants to Go

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.

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

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

Where religious effigies, magic soaps, and occult candles are brought to customers at wholesale prices.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

The abandoned hospital whose elaborate ghost stories cover up the dirty truth - an uneventful sanitation issue and other mundane reasons for its demise.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.