Places hlabo15 Wants to Go

Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.

Stalin's prisoner-built rail line sits in ruin, never having a single car ride its tracks.

A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

The historic Masonic Lodge in which the first-ever female Mason was initiated.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.