Places derWaliser Wants to Go

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

An unusual heating plant that has garnered notoriety for its distinct shape.

The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

Abandoned soda factory on a Cambodian roadside in a state of beautiful decay.

This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

This living legend of maritime history is enjoying a second life.

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

A unique configuration of blown glass can be found inside this hotel lobby.

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.