Places cptnxanarchy Wants to Go

A puppy slum that protects canines from the cruelties of the human slums.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

A studio devoted to keeping hundreds of unique Chinese arts alive.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

"The most colorful grottoes of the world.

This singular broken monument, now housed in a museum, was the cause of a worldwide "Mayan Doomsday" phenomenon.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Paiwanese restaurant run by native indigenous Taiwanese singer songwriter, and home to a DIY arts-and-crafts folk garden.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A Red Cross memorial museum at the site of the Niš concentration camp that operated for four eventful years during World War II.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.

An abandoned building that once tightened a power line that stretched across Messina Strait.

Underground monastery and fortress.

Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

Island, once a pirate hideout, now home to an abandoned resort.