This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

Largest necropolis in the Mediterranean.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.