Places anthonyjp Wants to Go

This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.

Salt cured mummies continue to turn up in this Iranian mine.

In this tiny Iranian town playing on the roof isn't just encouraged, it's the only place to go.

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.

Modern-day cave dwellers carve elaborate homes out of volcanic debris.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

Armenia's premier center of astrophysical research was established during the Soviet era.

The luxurious circular mansion built for a Communist leader now lies abandoned.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

The second-deepest known cave on Earth, hidden in an extremely remote mountain region.

The second largest in the world, this massive underground void has its own subway.

Ruins of a former government building destroyed during the Georgian-Abkhaz war in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union.

These Stalin-era industrial 'death traps' hang lifeless above the city

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

Street artists transformed this abandoned industrial neighborhood into one of Europe's largest graffiti exhibitions.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.

Pigduck of Turku.

Villas that once served as playgrounds for the rich now fall away in decay.