Places embentley1 Wants to Go

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Traditional 11th-century outdoor tannery.

"Satisfying" is a good way to describe these beautifully aligned rows of Spanish mills.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

The remains of the last Bosnian fortress to fall to the Ottomans are still standing.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

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

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."

A mecca for India's Jains.

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

Gigantic unfinished stupa and the world's 2nd largest bell.