Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

A natural arch carved by a river gave its name to the so-called "Cave of Forgotten Dreams."

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

This restored 17th century "conduit house," often mistaken for a watchtower, actually supplied water to nearby Bolsover Castle.

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."

This jewel of an engine is one of Northern England's finest surviving legacies of the Industrial Revolution, even catching the eye of Henry Ford.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.

A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.

This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.