Places riche103 Wants to Go

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

The Grand Mall in Varna hosts one of the biggest collections of Soviet-era paraphernalia in Bulgaria.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

This once-grandiose behemoth of a monument from the socialist era now sits quiet and closed up.

Massive, unfinished broadcasting station stands as a monument to the fall of communism.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

Gothic tower mentioned in Thomas Hardy poem "The Channel Firing."

Soldiers carved these regimental badges into the chalk hills in remembrance of those who died in World War I.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

Reputedly haunted sandstone necropolis with exquisite stone carvings.

This iconic fortress was once the crown jewel of Haiti's national defense.

A strange aquarium with stuffed fish, and almost no water for them to swim in.

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

A city continually buried under the ash of a volcano that has been erupting for more than 15 years.

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.