Places Kaiju Wants to Go

Once a bustling fishing port, this semi-ghost town is now more than 90 miles away from the shore.

Where the father of Persian poetry is laid to rest.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

The pits used to load the nuclear bombs onto the aircraft that dropped them over Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

Inside this chapel, Victorian jailers took the separate system to new levels.

Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone.

The village's cobblestone streets are lined with shops displaying exquisite copper craftsmanship.

This mysterious but iconic tapered tower appears in many Azeri fairytales and legends.

Foreign invaders almost left this lovely Caucasus palace alone—almost.

A shrine of fire worship built on top of a natural flame.

Lonely minaret stump of a destroyed city.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

Stelae-eyed stones greet visitors to a corner of Kirov Park.

A collection of Lenin busts and other Soviet Era statues sit idly behind the Semipalatinsk Hotel.

This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

This shell of a historic manor house on the Isle of Wight is said to be the most haunted site on the island.

This ancient Silk Road outpost overlooking the Wakhan Valley is miraculously still standing.