Places Gradius Wants to Go

The abandoned shell of what would have been the Jordanian royal family's summer palace.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

A neolithic tomb converted into a tiny chapel.

This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.

The labyrinthine home of the National Archives of Estonia is an experimental blend of architecture, art, and history.

Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

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

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

Visitors dating back to the 1600s carved their marks in the stones of the iconic tower.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

A domed disco abandoned since the '70s now attracts artists and explorers under its unique roof.

A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.