Places cptnxanarchy Wants to Go

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

An abandoned logging settlement nestled in the woods near a popular ski town.

Just outside of Jordan's capital lies an ancient castle and intriguing caves dating back to the Copper Age.

Abandoned mini-mansions that were once intended for affluent Bangkok families now sit empty.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

The sophisticated hydraulic system of the Nazca civilization.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.

This enormous abandoned prison was once dubbed the "Bastille of Romania."

This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

This archaeological museum in one of Peru’s most intriguing regions exhibits ancient artifacts from the Nazca civilization.

Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.

Enjoy fresh-baked bread and fish from a repurposed Portuguese fortress.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

Spend a day hanging out with domesticated Russian foxes.