Haunted Places | Venture The Planet

An Adventure into the Un-Official Paris Catacombs, a Mecca for Urban Exploration

by Matthew Allison | May 1, 2024 | Caves/Tunnels, Bucket List Adventures, Haunted Places, Most Unique Travel Experiences

April 2024: Every once in a while, I am still able to get a group of my friends together and do something amazing and adventurous. and spending a night exploring the illegal network of Paris Catacombs with my friends was an experience I will never forget. Fewer places...

Soviet Nuclear Bomb Testing Grounds of the Polygon, Kazakhstan

by Matthew Allison | Nov 1, 2023 | Asia, Haunted Places, Most Unique Travel Experiences

November 2023: I traveled to Northeast Kazakhstan for one week to feed my longing for all things of the Soviet Union era, which Kazakhstan was formerly a part of. I have a fascination for the cold war, its war of ideology, espionage, brutalist architecture and the...

Expedition into Cueva de los Tayos, Where Explorers Including Neil Armstrong Have Searched for the Legendary Golden Tablets with Alien Like Symbols

by Matthew Allison | Nov 6, 2022 | Caves/Tunnels, Expeditions, Haunted Places, Most Unique Travel Experiences, South America & Antarctica, Rainforest, Tribes/Unique Cultures, Wildlife

November 2022: In early 2022, I first learned about the Cave of the Tayos when my brother, Jesse tagged me on a Facebook post from Outdoor Magazine with a message, “Let’s do this.”. According to the article, it is a cave not only full of tarantulas,...

Malta-Exploring Catacombs, and Forts Ranging from the Era of the Crusaders to World War II

by Matthew Allison | Oct 10, 2022 | Haunted Places, Europe

October 2022: Malta is a small country but one packed with lots and lots of history. Its location in the middle of the Mediterranean just off the shore of Sicily, Italy and Tunisa have made it very strategically important throughout history and almost every empire in...

Visiting a Secret Underground Soviet Military Base During My Travels by Train and Bus Across the Baltic Countries of Lithuania & Estonia

by Matthew Allison | May 29, 2022 | Caves/Tunnels, Haunted Places, Europe

May 2022: I flew to Vilnius, Lithuania from Budapest, Hungary on LOT Polish Airlines. Arriving at noon. The Baltics would be the last of the Eastern European countries that I had left to visit. My plan was to take the train from Vilnius to Siauliai, and then onward by...

Road trip from Budapest to Slovakia and Exploring an Abandoned 1800’s Era Fortress Used by Nazi and Soviet Troops

by Matthew Allison | May 28, 2022 | Haunted Places, Europe

May 2022: I came to eastern Europe to complete the last countries I have left in Europe. I picked Budapest, Hungary as a starting point. I have wanted to visit Hungary for a long time. Historically it is fascinating with so many layers. The Romans were once in Hungary...