Places riche103 Wants to Go

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

An abandoned 1920s-era stretch of cabins now overshadowed by the 66 Motel.

This little gem of Spanish Colonial architecture has been abandoned since the 1950s.

Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

The final stronghold of a king whose feet never touched the ground.

Located on Guam's south shore, this small cave is named for an ancient and powerful Chamorro Chief.

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

Giant money stones of Yap.

Island, once a pirate hideout, now home to an abandoned resort.

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.

An underwater restaurant, surrounded by a coral reef.

Fine dining 20 feet below the surface in the Indian Ocean.

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

A tiny, remote island packed with wonders both natural and geeky.

A perfectly preserved abandoned criminal asylum in South Australia.

The abandoned remains of a once popular zoo, and the grave of the last known Tasmanian Tiger.

The ruins of a once prosperous power station have become a mouldering seaside gem.

This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.