Places exvine Wants to Go

The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.

A full-scale sculpture of a mermaid and baby grand piano hidden underwater by David Copperfield.

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.

Divers can encounter an abandoned warship encircled by a giant kraken submerged in the British Virgin Islands.

The ship that got left behind.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

A popular 19th-century natural landmark is now hidden within a sprawling forest.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.

A medieval stronghold rising over the ruins of ancient Roman villas along Rome's southern coast.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.