Places cptnxanarchy Wants to Go

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

This tiny island in the South China Sea is crawling with venomous sea snakes.

The ruins of this old church are slowing sinking into the sand.

Underground tunnels once home to crime are now back open to the public.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

The ruined remains of the airport Claus von Stauffenberg departed in his failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler.

A once-stately trading fort is now a ruin slowly being consumed by the sea.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

A narrow ghost town built onto a peninsula behind a Colombian Slum.

Now in disrepair, this 19th century station was a stop on of the famed B&O Railroad.

A former hen house turned curiosity cabinet displays one man's lifelong fascination with cannibalism.

A memorial museum to the political prisoners who were held at Sighet Prison, once one of the most feared places in Romania.

The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

An unmarked, overgrown path through dense vegetation leads to the largest ancient structure in Polynesia.