Places EdHinDC Wants to Go

Now abandoned, the world's first torpedo factory is crumbling into the sea.

The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'

The oldest arboretum on the Dalmatian coast doubles as the gardens of Kings Landing in "Game of Thrones."

This huge metal monument is slowly being stripped to its concrete skeleton.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

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

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

A unique collection of gilded age mechanical pianos.