Places etiennebara Wants to Go

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

Snow-capped peaks, colorful waterfalls and stunning vistas on the edge of the Himalayas.

This massive concrete sculpture is said to be the heaviest communist monument on Earth.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

This newly renovated Soviet-era outdoor exhibition center is bigger than the principality of Monaco.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

Like something out of a pulp adventure, this abandoned plane wreck is slowly being retaken by the Caribbean jungle.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.

This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.

This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."

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.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.