Places positivelypossessed Wants to Go

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

An abandoned town of skeletal wooden homes.

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

Dark, eerie exhibits make for a surreal exploration of the subconscious.

This nostalgic Russian museum is full of USSR cultural artifacts from the 1970s and 80s.

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

Specimens collected by the author of "Lolita" and self-taught lepidopterist are exhibited in his childhood home.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

The coldest city in the world.

Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.

Nightmarish example of the unintended consequences of weapons testing.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

It took over half a century but a Russian monument to a famous and tragic space pup finally stands in Moscow.