Places cptnxanarchy Wants to Go

Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.

The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

This once-booming oil city is now a relic of the region's industrial past.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.

An abandoned cable car station located on the Danube stands like a haunted house above the river.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.

Home to what was once considered the largest gate in central Asia.

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

This archaeological site was once a grand city of the Indus Valley Civilization with a sophisticated system for conserving water.

Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.

This network of roads is one of the most unique Etruscan creations ever discovered.

The beehive-like buildings of this abandoned resort reside near the border of Mauritania and Senegal.

Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.

Built 1,500 years ago, this abandoned Mesoamerican city is surrounded by a natural wall made of outstanding rock formations.

One of the most exquisite Lycian hilltop citadels in Turkey.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.