Places cptnxanarchy Wants to Go

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.

This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.

A complicated, forgotten beacon of hope for thousands of immigrants, "Canada's Emerald Isle" lies in ruin.

The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

This abandoned fighter jet launch center is now a haunting street racing course.

An abandoned nightclub has become a vibrant work of art.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.

The western-most fortress on the Great Wall of China has gone from a strategic stronghold to a kitschy tourist carnival.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

This aquarium has almost as many world records as it does fish.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

One of the oldest restaurants in the Seychelles.

Tiring of digging out the door to this church for every service, it was eventually abandoned to the sands.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.