Places Hasket Wants to Go

This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

Amalfi's pre-industrial history is slowly being engulfed by the lush vegetation of the Ferriere Valley.

This medieval hilltop village was abandoned at the end of the 19th century, after existing for more than 500 years.

The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

The remains of a paranoid inventor's hidden workshop lie in beautiful ruins amidst a Canadian park.

Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

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

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

What is the Thing?

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.