Places cptnxanarchy Wants to Go

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

An isolated village literally built into the crevices and rock formations of a mountain.

Once living up to its name as the grandest hotel in all of Africa, the Grande Hotel is now home to a community of squatters.

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

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

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Walls of stone rise up from sinkholes caused by underwater erosion.

The subtle interplay of fire and water is hard to ignore at this remote Jamaican spring.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

The ship that got left behind.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

Home of the infamous Rug Man of Doha.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.