Places oldarchitecture Wants to Go

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

Comprised of thousands of cave temple carvings this cornucopia of ancient Chinese stone art is unrivaled anywhere in the world.

Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.

A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

This Los Angeles animation studio is keeping the wonder of stop motion puppetry alive.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.

After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.

A tiny island home to a former English slave fort.

In this coastal town, the time-honored tradition of reenacting the struggle between the Christians and Moors includes the arrival of the Moorish fleet.

A unique Holocaust memorial tells the personal stories of the Jewish residents exiled from greater Berlin.

One of the most powerful religious centers in the Middle Ages, dubbed the founder of Western monasticism.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

This seaside production studio was built to film 'Titanic' and has been the wet set of choice for other Hollywood productions since.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

A serene space tucked amid the skyscrapers of Hong Kong's bustling financial district.