Places mooseontheloose Wants to Go

One of the oldest churches in Romania is believed to have been built on the site of a pagan temple.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

The most alien-looking place on Earth.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

Stone slabs along the coast warn of Japan's tsunami-ravaged past, often marking the highest point of a wave's reach.

There once was a man named Lear / Who found limericks so dear / His final resting space / Is an unusual place / Most people don’t know he’s here.

A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.

Turntable anonymously received orphans, alms, and groceries.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.