Places Morten Buus Wants to Go

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

The abandoned railway bridge stands hidden in the farmland of rural Cumbria.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

This mysteriously shaped boulder may have been used for human sacrifice in ancient times.

The striking and little-touristed ruins of an ancient city destroyed and rebuilt by the Aztecs.

Traces of the thriving lake trade that once linked the Soviet Union with Mongolia.

The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

This secret cemetery where no flag is allowed to fly holds the bodies of American soldiers convicted of heinous crimes during WWII.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

Site of one of World War I's most horrific scenes.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

Home of the future Emperors of Russia.

The "Mystery and Company of Merchant Adventurers" is an Elizabethan-era hangout in Moscow.

Former headquarters of the KGB.