Places wmilam Wants to Go

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."

Abandoned medieval hill town.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.

A small island with no monkeys but plenty of military ruins.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.

The labyrinthine storm tunnels beneath the city of Melbourne are ruled by a band of urban explorers.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.