Kantubek, Uzbekistan
Vozrozhdeniye Island
Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
Lenin Statue at Red Square
Salute the leader of the proletariat.
New York, New York
Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
New York, New York
Titanic Memorial
Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.
New York, New York
Statue of Liberty's Original Torch
Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.
New York, New York
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
New York, New York
Blockhouse No. 1
This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.
New York, New York
6 1/2 Avenue: Manhattan’s Secret Street
Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.
New York, New York
Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
Pier 54: The Titanic’s Arrival Destination
A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.
New York, New York
Track 61
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital Ruins
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.
Berlin, Germany
DDR Watch Tower
This watchtower once presided over the Berlin Wall.
Seattle, Washington
Tashkent Park
This park celebrates a sister city relationship that survived the Cold War.
Innichen, Italy
Bagni Wildbad
Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.
Cave del Predil, Italy
Cave del Predil
With its mine closed, this old village is starting to resemble a ghost town.
Osijek, Croatia
The Red Fićo
A tribute to an iconic act of defiance from the Croatian War of Independence involving a small car.
Langenenslingen, Germany
Jünger-Haus Wilflingen
The former home of Ernst Jünger, an eccentric German novelist, philosopher, entomologist, and psychonaut.
Jettingen-Scheppach, Germany
Kuno II
The world's first jet-powered aircraft were assembled by the Germans in this secret factory in the forest during WWII.
Wehringen, Germany
Fasan Explosives Factory
Hidden in the forest are the crumbling, graffiti-covered remains of the factory where most of Germany's explosives were produced during World War II.
Permanently Closed
Rangsdorf, Germany
Abandoned Airfield Rangsdorf
The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.
Berlin, Germany
Fliegeberg
This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.
Giessen, Germany
Elefantenklo
An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.
