Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania
Franz Sederevičiaus Sculpture Ensemble
An impressive ensemble of sculptures that survived the Soviet regime.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania
An impressive ensemble of sculptures that survived the Soviet regime.
South Eleuthera, Bahamas
A paradise hotel turned from opulent to overgrown.
Beatty, Nevada
This small town was built around a marble quarry and named after one of the most famous sources of marble in the world.
Webster, Massachusetts
It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!
Pyongyang, North Korea
An English brewery transported to North Korea.
Fairbanks, Alaska
A hulking remnant of Alaska's industrial gold mining boom in the 1920s.
London, England
This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.
Boroughbridge, England
At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
New York, New York
Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.
Trujillo, Honduras
Fenced off in a garden cemetery in Honduras lies the grave of the most notorious American filibuster.
Taipei, Taiwan
Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.
Craighat, Scotland
A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.
Nome, Alaska
This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.
Aladdin, Wyoming
The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.
Woods Landing-Jelm, Wyoming
Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.
Kelliher, Minnesota
A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.
Darlington, Maryland
Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.
Plaisance Ward, Seychelles
In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.
Oakland, Illinois
An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France
An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.
Ojai, California
The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.