Places stefanmarquart Wants to Go

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

Climb the dead electric pylons of Messina.

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

One of the world's largest Tesla coils.

Outdoor art exhibition made of classic Tetris pieces.

One of the greatest maze designer’s greatest mazes.

An art world insider finds himself battling for his artistic home.

Vaucanson's most famous automaton, brought back to life.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Empty since 1989, now falling into ruin.

A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.