Places riche103 Wants to Go

Britain’s highest medieval monastery is a remote ruin nestled at the head of a valley 1,240 feet above the sea.

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital said to be haunted by the patients who died within its walls.

A nearly abandoned 19th-century town on the Palouse.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.

A ghost village sits atop a mountain within Jordan’s largest biosphere reserve.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

This abandoned viewing platform has become a monument to unnecessary government spending.

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

The picturesque remains of an abandoned silver mine slope down to Tagish Lake in the Yukon.

A surprisingly beautiful abandoned World War II military base in East Greenland.

The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

This incredible mountainside temple is home to intriguing statues of demon-like creatures.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.