Places cptnxanarchy Wants to Go

A mummified Spanish monk found in the walls of an Ecuadorian church, alongside a mummified mouse.

More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.

A lush terraced garden full of thousands of colorful roses and mystical art.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.

Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.

The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

Ancient rock-cut tomb? Definitely. That of a great Median king? Unlikely.

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.

Forgotten for decades, the first medical school built in Communist China is full of surprises today.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.