Places PauI Wants to Go

This 20th-century replica of a 13th-century castle has itself fallen into ruin.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

This magical grotto is adorned with a complex pattern of native seashells, minerals, and fragments of colored glass.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

This 19th-century religious artwork was once highly controversial—because it was donated to the church by a divorcee.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

Floor-to-ceiling frescoes by local art students cover the interior of a nearly 200-year-old church.

It's unclear what caused the fire that led to this opulent hotel's demise.

When the sun sets, the customers arrive—but they’re not human.

In 1329, Christine Carpenter entered this small stone cell in the hopes of becoming a living saint.

This post-war motel embodies a little-known, Miami-born architectural style.

This small bronze pyramid marks the center of Belgrade, but some say it is a Masonic symbol.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

This pier made of ice and constructed over the Antarctic winter is used when the resupply cargo ships arrive in summer.

Just off the road outside Baguio, a gigantic lion's head carved into a mountain greets those driving by.

Once the extravagant escape of the Ford family, this enigmatic ruin now stands as a haunting reminder of its former glory.

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

Enjoy the waters of this half-moon-shaped natural pool surrounded by breathtaking scenery.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

This 12-seat movie theater is the smallest in the world.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.