Places mikswockam Wants to Go

A huge Soviet-era robotics factory in the outskirts of Prypiat, now long-abandoned.

The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

The largest catacomb system in the world.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

Wooden pavers represent a 17th-century barrier that gave Wall Street its name.

A small piece of Scotland sits in a park in Lower Manhattan.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.

These abandoned huts still hold the remains of an early 20th century Australian researcher's work.

The bodies of some early polar pioneers are still buried beneath the harsh snows of the Antarctic.

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.

Antarctica's only sculpture garden, it has art and penguins, but no plants in sight.

The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.

Largest sub-glacial lake ever discovered.

Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.

These giant volcano sponges in Antarctica are thought to be the world's oldest living animal, at 15,000 years old.

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

One of the most extreme deserts in the world, these snow-free valleys harbor life, despite the hostile environment.

This abandoned Antarctic research station is a Soviet ghost frozen in time.

Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.

One of the world's southernmost bars.