Places riche103 Wants to Go

Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.

This amazing mountain temple is topped by one of the tallest sitting Buddha statues in the world.

Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.

The world's only facility where orphaned mountain gorillas are cared for.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.

The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.

A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.

A park built around the legend of a clam-loving giant who created a monumental midden.

An abandoned socialist utopia built in the late 19th century.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

Elephant seals and sea lions have turned the abandoned buildings on this island into their endangered love shack.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.