Places Steve 55 Wants to Go

This abandoned villa of makeshift buildings was once the home of dancer Elis Sinistö.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.

This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.

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

Underground monastery and fortress.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

Fortifications built for a Soviet invasion that never came now sit abandoned in a losing battle against nature.

George Martin's Caribbean recording studio now rots within the shadow of an active volcano.

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

The vibrant buildings in the “capital of the comic strip” celebrate the art form that made it famous.

This remote mountain shrine is one of the most sacred Zoroastrian temples remaining in the world.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

The home-turned-museum of Barış Manço, the mustachioed Turkish Elvis for children.

Three stone bridges straddling the River Gowy form part of the medieval road from London to Holyhead—despite a common nickname, they're not Roman.

This Swedish automobile graveyard is a beautiful gallery of decay, but woe be to any who would steal a souvenir.

Made by river sediment, it is the largest alluvial fan in the world.

Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

This abandoned Brutalist treehouse is a hidden architectural relic.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.

This replica medieval European village in the Dominican Republic was built by a Hollywood set designer.