Vancouver, British Columbia
The Marine Building
This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.
Places mikedominelli Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Toronto, Ontario
The Monkey's Paw
A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.
Gdańsk, Poland
Monument to the Defenders of the Polish Post Office
Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.
Constanța, Romania
Constanța Casino
Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.
Allenwood, Pennsylvania
Bunkers of Alvira
Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.
Staatsburg, New York
Esopus Island
An unassuming island in the middle of the Hudson that hosts campers, including Aleister Crowley.
Silver Spring, Maryland
National Park Seminary
A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Sign
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Takayama, Japan
Forest of Seven Lucky Gods
The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Oakland, California
16th Street Train Station
A crumbling Beaux Arts monument to the Bay Area's age of rail.
Heraklion, Greece
Knossos
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Chicago, Illinois
The Fountain of Time
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
Beijing, China
Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum / Xiannongtan (Temple of Agriculture)
An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.
Houston, Texas
Eclectic Menagerie Park
A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.
Palm Springs, California
Robo Lights
An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Old Sarajevo Clock Tower
This historic timepiece is thought to be the only public clock in the world that keeps lunar time.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Grip the Raven
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Djenne, Mali
Great Mud Mosque of Djenné
The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.
Pasadena, California
Pasadena City Hall
One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.
Los Angeles, California
The Mar Vista Time Travel Mart
Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.
Gräfenhainichen, Germany
Ferropolis
Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mount Moriah Cemetery
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Paris, France
Montparnasse Cemetery
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
