Places JohnnyXmas Wants to Go

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

This subterranean studio is filled with fascinating kinetic art.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

An overgrown and largely forgotten cemetery lies hidden within the outskirts of Amsterdam.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.