Places jakechouston Wants to Go

The ruins of a grand theater destroyed during the most powerful seismic catastrophe ever recorded.

An abandoned lighthouse located on the cliffs of Barbados.

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.

A paradise hotel turned from opulent to overgrown.

A crumbling Caribbean resort hidden just steps from a beautiful pink sand beach.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

An unexpected ghost village lurks on the southeast coast of Tenerife.

The cathedral of a controversial, conservative, schismatic sect that declared the Catholic Church heretical and founded its own succession of popes.

An abandoned Indian-inspired mansion.

The atmospheric ruins of a historic church can be found on a hill above the city of Oviedo.

Stuck in the middle of a modern Madrid city block are the remains of a 19th century sports complex.

The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.

The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.

A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.

A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

Ruins of a 10th century church tucked away deep in a botanical garden.

A magnificent Neogothic tomb hides within this Italian fairytale-like forest.

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

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.