Places zydeko Wants to Go

The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.

This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.

This defunct Champlain Oil service station harkens back to the early days of automobiles.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

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

These mouldering mansion ruins remember a time when the Catskills were nothing but luxury.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

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

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

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

This magnificent abandoned hotel has long been haunted by its Nazi past.

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.