Places hapichapi Wants to Go

A mysterious set of tunnels carved in the hills of rural northern Kyushu.

One man's hand-sculpted collection of colorful masks representing a host of gruesome spirits.

Exquisite carvings of leaves, Green Men, and the occasional dragon adorn a medieval chapter house.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

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

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

As lake waters recede, a German village reemerges after more than a hundred years.

A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

A cemetery and the town it served sinks beneath the sea during the volcanic birth of Mt. Vulcan.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.