Places riche103 Wants to Go

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.

This vacant station is a relic of harvest processing techniques of the mid-20th century.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

Two planes stand abandoned after the closure of an aircraft-themed restaurant.

Wander among the ghostly ruins of an island where civilization flourished for thousands of years.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

One of the largest wooden constructions in Europe was meant to be a casino, but soon became an orphanage.

Obscured within a ring of trees, this abandoned World War II relic hides on a German hillside.

The headquarters of a pioneering cast iron and cast aluminum cookware company is in ruins, but still standing.

This historic textile city was abandoned after being ravaged by fire.

This hidden gem is bathed in beautiful natural light.

The untimely death of a dignitary's daughter led to this fort being abandoned before it was ever finished.

The ruins of an abandoned 17th-century fort that was almost completely destroyed by a fire.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

The hidden ruins of an old hydroelectric plant reclaimed by nature.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

Invading U.S. troops were first seen from this now-abandoned tower, leading to the Spanish-American War.

The remains of a remote village that once housed over 1,200 dam workers and their families.

This rusted shipwreck directly in front of a century-old abandoned lighthouse looks almost surreal.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.