Places helitua Wants to Go

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

An abandoned town centered around a paper mill powered by a large waterfall.

A Canadian POW for German soldiers during WWII where prisoners hatched an elaborate escape plan.

A school teacher's massive and terrifying self-built castle.

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

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

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

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

A 16th-century monastery boasts a lush array of plants native to Mexico’s most biodiverse region.

A notoriously corrupt Chief of Police's deteriorating Greek-themed playhouse.

During its heyday, the massive estate boasted its own railroad station and post office.

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.

The enigmatic and seldom visited ruins of a Mayan city-state.

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.