Places KingSmithy Wants to Go

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

A radio tower with something unusual between its legs.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.

Before 1993, this historic-looking village—King Charles III's pet project—didn’t exist at all.

Some Moscow residents once claimed the bizarre, contorted mass of metal on top of the building was used to manipulate minds.

This abandoned lock-up was saved because of its connection to a local football team.

One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

This overgrown Victorian chapel made of corrugated metal looks utterly out of place.

This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

One of the most easily accessible examples of the rare 1960s UFO houses.

One of the world's smallest prisons boasts just two small cells.

The entrance to this Frankfurt subway station looks like an old tram car crashed into the concrete sidewalk.

For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.

Curious onlookers have suspected this strange structure is a secret government base.

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.