Places mooseontheloose Wants to Go

A non-profit that uses the impressive smelling abilities of African Pouched Rats to find and clear unexploded land mines.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.

The oldest Jewish cemetery in Southeast Asia is a monument to a disappearing community.

Two thousand feline artifacts fill Malaysia's "Cat City."

The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.

These jagged limestone blades cut out through the canopy of the jungles of Borneo.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.

Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.

Executed in 1401, Exhumed in 1878, Stolen in 2010.

Inside the Šomoška National Nature Reserve exists a unique rock formation rarely seen in the world.

Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.

One of the most horrible legacies of the Cold War is a site where the Soviet Union tested nuclear bombs on civilians.

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

The ancient abodes are a testament to human ingenuity amid harsh climates.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.

Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.