Midori-ku, Japan
The Hotel Royal
This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Midori-ku, Japan
This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.
Mito, Japan
The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.
Mito, Japan
This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.
Mito, Japan
The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.
Tokyo, Japan
The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.
Putty, Australia
Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.
Sausalito, California
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
Los Angeles, California
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Salem, New Hampshire
America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.
Largs, Scotland
This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Seattle, Washington
A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
San Blas, Mexico
A wild Hollywood resort thwarted by mosquitoes.
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.
New York, New York
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
Harvey, Illinois
Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.
Jerusalem Township, Ohio
Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.
Hopkinton, Rhode Island
This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.
Litchfield, California
Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.
Wendover, Utah
This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.
Dmitrovsky District, Russia
A Marxist summer camp full of fantastical statues lies tucked away and forgotten in the forests of Moscow.