Places riche103 Wants to Go

A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

This village was once a thriving Soviet uranium mining center, but is now semi-abandoned and desolate.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

Ruins and statues dot the landscape of this tiny island rich with royal history.

A dilapidated amusement park with a million-dollar view.

Though technically an illegal structure, this eclectic DIY apartment complex is beloved by its residents.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

This seven story Japanese love hotel now stands in ruins.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

The site of one of Japan's very few American occupations during World War II still holds the relics of a roundly disastrous campaign.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.