Places Morten Buus Wants to Go

This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.

The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

These giant volcano sponges in Antarctica are thought to be the world's oldest living animal, at 15,000 years old.

The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

The remains of the wrecked steam trawler can be found on the beach at low tide.

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

No one is sure what to do with this WWII shipwreck that sits at the bottom of the Thames, still loaded with tons of explosives.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

Beachcombers have been populating this museum with artifacts ranging from prehistoric to barely historic since the 1930's.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

Once America’s most beautiful army base, this abandoned military fort on the coast of Monterey Bay has been left to the elements.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

This medieval manor house was hastily fortified when it found itself in the middle of the Scottish fight for independence.

This Arab fortress was once the largest citadel in Western Europe.

A well preserved medieval fortress in Vojvodina.

Strolling through these vintage locomotives offers a surprising amount of insight into the history of Kenya.

Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.

Wander among the abandoned ruins of this once-powerful medieval town.