Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Taman Sari Underground Mosque
Subterranean place of worship in Indonesia.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Subterranean place of worship in Indonesia.
Magelang, Indonesia
Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.
Magelang, Indonesia
This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.
Los Angeles, California
This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”
Kennerdell, Pennsylvania
An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.
Comuna Obreja, Romania
The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.
Kowloon, Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.
Shanghai, China
This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.
Toronto, Ontario
This colorful creation wasn't always a welcome part of Toronto's Moccasin Trail Park.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.
Veiga, Spain
This house covered in small stones was the work of one man over the course of nearly 30 years.
Lucama, North Carolina
The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.
Harvard, Massachusetts
A short walk through the woods will take you to an unusual flat hill top, used by the Shakers for outdoor worship.
Oneida, New York
The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.
Bodio, Switzerland
The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.
Verzasca, Switzerland
This medieval footbridge in the Swiss Alps is known to attract cliff-jumping daredevils.
Queens, New York
This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.
Ascona, Switzerland
The Swiss hilltop housed an early 20th-century vegetarian nudist colony.
Sax, Spain
An abandoned socialist utopia built in the late 19th century.
Lake Powell, Utah
The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.
Güejar Sierra, Spain
This abandoned, turn-of-the-century astronomy hub is now the subject of more photographs than it ever took.
Burnsville, North Carolina
A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.
Granada, Spain
Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.
Clifton, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.