Places zenman Wants to Go

Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

The abandoned medieval theme park was meant to be the "Disneyland of the Philippines."

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

This medieval castle was painted pink as part of a now-abandoned children's theme park.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

This 20th-century replica of a 13th-century castle has itself fallen into ruin.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

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

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

The overgrown remains of one of the premier auto-racing speedways in the Midwest—and also one of the most deadly.

This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.