Places riche103 Wants to Go

Classical ruins that remember ancient Rome's presence in Africa.

This dizzying span over the ancient Algerian city was once the highest suspension bridge in the world.

An extraordinary mix of Phoenician, Roman, early Christian, and Byzantine ruins beautifully set overlooking the Mediterranean.

One of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet is located in the middle of the Sahara Desert.

This grounded passenger jet is now a restaurant, complete with rows of seats and “flight attendant” servers.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

This volcano in the Philippines is believed to have miraculous healing powers.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest." 

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.

A unique rock formation that only a few have managed to venture inside.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

The saddest little diner in New York.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.