Places nunne Wants to Go

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

An urban laboratory.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

Berlin's old airport.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.