Cold Spring, New York
Ruins of the Cornish Estate
A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Cold Spring, New York
A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.
Beacon, New York
The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.
Wingdale, New York
An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.
Kerhonkson, New York
"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Kingston, New York
An abandoned dollhouse factory.
Elka Park, New York
An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.
New York, New York
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
Berlin, Germany
Come stay at a live-in art installation.
Berlin, Germany
These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.
Berlin, Germany
After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.
Berlin, Germany
A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.
Berlin, Germany
This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.
Berlin, Germany
A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
Art and a pun, all in one.
Berlin, Germany
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.