The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

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

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

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

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

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

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

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

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.