Places vaneiribarren Wants to Go

Abandoned waterpark turned counter-culture mecca.

This chest hospital with a dark, haunted past serves as a fitting set for horror films and a paradise for ghost hunters.

Cursed swimming pool left abandoned is now a favorite of filmmakers and ghost hunters.

This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.

A stunning cemetery famous for its extraordinarily delicate & lifelike mourning sculptures.

A small Portuguese cottage formed between boulders in the countryside.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.