Places cptnxanarchy Wants to Go

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."

An Italian ghost town that fought obscurity, until a mysterious illness brought it to its knees.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

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

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.