Places kerryymm Wants to Go

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

Known locally as "the giant head," this 14-foot LED sculpture has a photo booth in the neck where you can have a 3D picture taken and displayed.

Parts of this former military training ground may have inspired parts of J.R.R. Tolkien's famous fantasy series.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

This eerie abandoned building with a dark history is said to be one of the most haunted places in the Philippines.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

A unique flight of canal locks that owe their form to 19th-century cost-saving measures.

Home to a full-scale replica of the Ezekiel Airship, an aircraft that allegedly flew in 1902—a year before the Wright brothers took to the skies over Kitty Hawk.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

This long-distance walking route follows the Prime Meridian line as it passes through England.

This trail follows unique stone railroad tracks and a historic waterway to the south coast of Devon.

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

This Cold War–era underground city includes offices for Mao Zedong and Lin Biao.

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

A southern Swedish island is home to the last ERSTA artillery battery, meant to protect the shoreline during the Cold War.

A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.