Places booganboy Wants to Go

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

Want to build a wind turbine? Secede from the nation.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.

A hotly contested micro-nation off the coast of Montserrat.

A micronation on an islet along the coast of a Portuguese island.

This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.

Land that belongs to no nation.

Fascinating early attempt at a Jewish autonomous settlement.

An unrecognized micronation declared by Greenpeace to protect the glaciers of Chile.

Despite being of the most short-lived republics in history, this small Chilean town won’t forget its two days of independence.

A micronation of epic proportions.

The smallest country in Australia is a principled little thing with a friendly emperor.

A failed utopia, shut down by a more legitimate nation.

The California secessionist movement has its own foreign embassy, in Russia of all places.

The colorful soil of Iran’s "Rainbow Island" attracts artists and nature lovers.

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.

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

A flight of this "ghost staircase" has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

The tallest unclimbed mountain in the world remains poorly charted out of respect for local spirits.