Places hanssterkendries Wants to Go

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

An Antoni Gaudí masterpiece in Astorga.

This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.

Just like in Hollywood, Madrid has also a forgotten walk of fame.

Stunning Roman aqueduct used for 1900 years and still standing.

The abandoned ruins of a beautiful medieval castle just outside Barcelona.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Housed in a 1912 architectural masterpiece, this outlet of the Golden Arches is a real beauty.

Nikola Tesla's ashes are held in a golden sphere, surrounded by his works.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

The coldest city in the world.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

An old spa town in the mountains of Romania where, according to legend, the great hero Hercules once bathed.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

A devasting 2020 fire left this historic seminary in ruins.

This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.