Places Shastified Wants to Go

With its mine closed, this old village is starting to resemble a ghost town.

This Tuscan church contains a gallery of over 700 ex-votos depicting near-death experiences.

This house certainly has a unique decor.

Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.

The 1940s structure houses what was once Europe's largest telescope.

Once an ancient Roman bath, now a hotbed of geothermal energy and a hub for energetic innovations.

Since the 1960s, this small village has invited painters to decorate its walls.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

One of the few places of its kind, this space research center sits deep in the countryside of Matera.

An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

Operational for less than a year, this mill produced more than 11,000 tons of chrome concentrate in its short lifespan.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”