Beijing, China
Dixia Cheng - Beijing's Underground City
Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Beijing, China
Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.
Tyler, Texas
A mysterious drive-in nestled in the forest that leaves little to the imagination.
Calcata Vecchia, Italy
Medieval town turned hippie commune, once home to the secret foreskin of Jesus Christ.
Queens, New York
A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.
Santiago, Chile
A beautiful deserted greenhouse in the middle of a park.
Budapest, Hungary
Central Europe's largest collection of mini-bottles is on display at this museum devoted to a bitter Hungarian liquor.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.
Trinidad and Tobago
This giant Cold War satellite dish has become a symbol of Trinidad's need for sovereignty.
Shchyolkovo, Russia
Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.
Marshfield, Wisconsin
"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.
Matavun, Slovenia
This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Golan
Ghost Town in the Demilitarized Zone of the Golan Heights.
Sant'Agata Dé Goti, Italy
This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.
Hegra, Saudi Arabia
More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.
Hegra, Saudi Arabia
An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.
Sparta, Wisconsin
These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.
Gasadalur Village, Faroe Islands
This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .
Charleroi, Belgium
The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.
Costa Rica
This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.
Hama, Syria
Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.
Russia
A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.
Xiulin Township, Taiwan
An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.
Bournemouth, England
A genuine Little Shop of Horrors.