Places cptnxanarchy Wants to Go

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

This Florida arena, once host to "the fastest game in the world," has sat empty for 25 years.

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

Once known throughout Europe, this tiny and unusually progressive 18th century micro-nation within Lithuania now lies in ruins.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.

A collection cataloguing one of the most brutal dictatorships in modern history.

The ruins of a bombed medieval village memorialize the destruction of the Spanish Civil War.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

This ancient city—home to nine civilizations—is soon to be buried under 200 feet of water.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

This weekly market in the remote oasis city of Hotan still has the atmosphere of the old Silk Road.

One of America's oldest Antarctic research bases is abandoned but still just waiting for visiting explorers.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

This abandoned Antarctic base sits nearly unchanged since it was forsaken in the 1950s, just waiting for you to visit.