Places splamo Wants to Go

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

This preserved site served as part of Northern Australia’s defense in World War II.

World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.

The final resting place of the famed German pilot, the "Red Baron."

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

This cemetery of rusting Soviet-era steam locomotives and train cars offers an apocalyptic glimpse into a bygone era.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

A recently-abandoned international exhibition center.

This beautiful train graveyard is one of the largest collections of steam locomotives in the Mediterranean and Europe.

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

Along this wire fence, travelers have been leaving a particular memento since 2012.

This tombstone marks the spot where the legendary British spy met his end.

Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .