Places Edited by RHyzer

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.

For a century, the tallest building in Tasmania was a tower built to manufacture ammunition.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.

An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

Near the mouth of the Yodo River, this museum offers visitors six floors of hands-on learning about Osaka's raw sewage.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

Legends of time travel and magical woodland creatures bolster the natural charm of this verdant sanctuary in the midst of Moscow.

A county library in rural Ohio houses one of the finest mineral collections in the world.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.

The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.