Places zenman Wants to Go

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

A crumbling cliffside ruin hidden in the woods.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.

The beehive-like buildings of this abandoned resort reside near the border of Mauritania and Senegal.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

An abandoned skate park located in the middle of the wilderness.

What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?

This underwater sculpture park is the basis for a manmade coral reef.

This giant squid sculpture sits near the spot where a real-life specimen was captured in the late 19th-century.

For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.

A once-fairy tale mansion now stands in a state of disrepair.

A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

A picturesque example of brute-force engineering conquering nature.

A witch wreaks ruinous revenge on this ancient church with her "enchanted leg."