Places cptnxanarchy Wants to Go

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

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

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

These jagged limestone blades cut out through the canopy of the jungles of Borneo.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

This ancient ruined monastery has been destroyed by fire so many times that it seems like God hates it.

The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

This attraction is part anthropological journey and part amusement park.

This ceremonial Mexican square looks as though it belongs in a science fiction movie.

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

A floating McDonald's built for Expo '86 is now a derelict relic on Burrard Inlet.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

Despite being pillaged and destroyed a number over times down the centuries, this historic church still sort of stands.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.