Places stabarinde Wants to Go

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.

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

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

This derelict superstructure was a very important warning system for the Soviet military.

Back in the tiny USSR.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

Spend the night in 1920s Latvia in this historic recreation and movie set.

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.