Places escapementality Wants to Go

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

What can compare to the comforting sound of 10,000 toilets running?

Man-made waterfall is the tallest in Mainland China.

A Chinese mining company has created the world's first cloned village in this perfect recreation of an Austrian town.

One of the world's largest malls has been almost completely empty since its opening.

130 replicas of world wonders squeezed into just 118 acres of space.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Take a cruise with no movement but plenty of style in this one-of-a-kind boat mall.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

Taoism, Buddhist and Confucianism are all represented in this temple that claims to answer anyone's wishes.

A biblically accurate ark located beneath a Hong Kong bridge is fun for the whole Christian family.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

Destructive children, start your engines.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.