Noboribetsu, Japan
Tenkaen (China Park of Heaven)
After a short 5 year run, this former major theme park sits in ruin.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Noboribetsu, Japan
After a short 5 year run, this former major theme park sits in ruin.
Tokyo, Japan
The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.
Agion Oros, Greece
The hermits of Karoulia protect their asocial lifestyles by living on the vertical face of a treacherous precipice.
Belize
Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.
Iceland
A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.
Namche, Nepal
Last stop before the top of the highest peak in the world.
Litchfield, California
Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.
St. Marys, Georgia
Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.
Marshall Islands
An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.
West Bend, Iowa
A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.
South Salem, New York
Protecting the future of some of the rarest and most misunderstood mammals of North America.
Bronx, New York
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.
Hillah, Iraq
Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The largest falcon hospital in the world, caring for over 6,000 feathered patients every year.
Palo Alto, California
Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.
Laconia, Greece
A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.
Rome, Italy
The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.
Bahamas
They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.
Belgrade, Serbia
Destroyed Serbian army headquarters sits half crumbled in a largely revitalized Belgrade.
Queens, New York
This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.
Regensburg, Germany
From Ancient Rome to WWII, Neupfarrplatz has over 2,000 years of history underneath its main square.