Places splamo Wants to Go

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

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

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.