Places heianman Wants to Go

This towering totem holds the title for the tallest in the world but only according to some.

Beautiful mostly-abandoned town only accessible by sea-worthy boat or plane.

A long-abandoned relic of World War II.

A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.

This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

The ruins of a 12th-century seaside castle on the southwest coast of Scotland.

It's unclear what caused the fire that led to this opulent hotel's demise.

The ruinous former neo-classical mansion was built for Thomas Fraser of Strichen.

This former fascist summer camp was abandoned for decades.

This park on the outskirts of Rome boasts two ancient Roman aqueducts and a medieval tower.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

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

This military tunnel dates back to World War II and provides visitors with a little wartime adrenaline.

An undulating wicker beast looms peacefully atop a sand dune in Belgium.

Sculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali Uysal.

Abandoned since 1998, this train station has become an oasis for urban explorers.

This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.

The forgotten remains of the first steamship that launched on Lake Tanganyika.

Fifty years of contamination in Scotland's waters.

This ruined travelers shelter sits abandoned in a desolate bog of Flow Country.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

The granite monument is engraved with the image of the talking horse's head coming through a barn door.

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.