Auckland, New Zealand
Stony Batter Historic Reserve
Large World War II gun emplacements and tunnel systems remain hidden near a remote end of Waiheke Island.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Stomoplo, Bulgaria
Perla 2
Not far from a popular beach, an unfinished, abandoned mansion for Bulgaria's last communist dictator.
Freycinet, Australia
Wineglass Bay
One of the best beaches in the entire world.
Hobart, Australia
Maritime Museum of Tasmania
Countless expeditions have left Tasmania to explore Antarctica, but this island state has an even deeper connection with the sea.
Stockholm, Sweden
Nobel Ice Cream
This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.
Stockholm, Sweden
Kungstornen
This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.
Stockholm, Sweden
Jumbo Stay
Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.
Ostend, Belgium
Bow of HMS Vindictive
A piece of the front end of a British cruiser that was used as a block ship in World War I.
Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
Zakłady Włókien Chemicznych
Dubbed "Wistom" by locals, this abandoned factory is an urban explorer's dream.
La Rochelle, France
Nazi U-Boat Pens, La Pallise
A massive base for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.
Subotica, Serbia
World’s Only Art Nouveau McDonald’s
Housed in a 1912 architectural masterpiece, this outlet of the Golden Arches is a real beauty.
San Diego, California
Hotel del Coronado
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
Ramsgate, England
Royal Harbour, Ramsgate
Ramsgate’s Royal Harbour has the unique status of being the only Royal Harbour in the United Kingdom.
Hisardžik, Serbia
Mileševac Fortress
This medieval fortress guards a monastery near the border of Serbia and Montenegro.
San Pellegrino Terme, Italy
Casino of San Pellegrino Terme
This lavish 20th-century casino adorns labels for San Pellegrino water.
Potrero Cerrado, Costa Rica
Sanatorio Durán (Durán Sanatorium)
This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.
Laconia, Greece
Dimitrios
This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.
Wentworth Point, Australia
SS Ayrfield
Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.
Peyia, Cyprus
Edro III Shipwreck
While most shipwrecks are submerged, this ship in Cyprus ran ashore.
Turks and Caicos Islands
La Famille Express Wreck
The rusted remains of a victim of Hurricane Ike.
Cape May, New Jersey
Wreck of the S.S. Atlantus
The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.
Hull, Massachusetts
City of Salisbury Shipwreck
A freighter full of exotic animals ends a harrowing voyage impaled on uncharted rocks in the Boston Harbor.
Bahamas
SS Sapona
A steamer run aground near Bimini lives a second life as a playground for scuba divers.
Fraser Island, Australia
SS Maheno
WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.
