Places oddb Wants to Go

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

The abandoned ruins of a beautiful medieval castle just outside Barcelona.

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Prypiat after the Chornobyl disaster.

Berlin's old airport.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

This sparsely populated town offers a look back in time.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.