Places stefanmarquart Wants to Go

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

An abandoned Santa park is as far as this proposed theme park kingdom got toward completion.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

The history of radiation is on safe display at the foot of a radiation science laboratory.

The decaying remains of a ship whose captain mysteriously disappeared.

The Voodoo Superstore of the world.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

The lynching and burial site of America's first train robbers.