Places Ru Chia Wants to Go

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

Mount Tambora is the site of the largest and deadliest volcanic eruption in recorded human history.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.

A medieval weapon rumored to have been used by the brilliant poet himself.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.