Introduction ix
Lost Spaces
Sandy Island 3
Leningrad 8
Ante 12
Old Mecca 15
New Moore 20
Time Landscape 24
The Aralqum Desert 28
Hidden Geographies
The Labyrinth 37
Zheleznogorsk 42
The Underground Cities of Cappadocia 46
Fox Den 51
North Cemetery, Manila 55
North Sentinel Island 59
No Man's Lands
Between Border Posts {Guinea and Senegal) 69
Bir Tawil 73
Nahuaterique 77
Twayil Abu Jarwal 82
Traffic Island 87
Dead Cities
Wittenoom 95
Kangbashi 100
Kijong-dong 104
Agdam 108
Prijryat 114
The Archaeological Park of Sicilian Incompletion 119
Space of Exception
Camp Zeist 127
Geneva Free-port 132
Bright Light, 4 Mures Street, Bucharest 136
International Airspace 141
Gulterspace 144
Bountiful 148
Mount Athos 153
Ranch of Sprouts: Brotas Quilombo 158
FARC-controlled Colombia 163
Hobyo 168
Enclaves and Breakaway Nations
Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog 177
Chitmahals 183
Sealaud 188
United Kingdom of Lunda Tchokwe 193
Gagauzia 198
Floating Islands
Pumice and Trash Islands 207
Nipterk P-32 Spray Ice Island 212
The Floating Maldives 216
The World 221
Ephemeral Places
Hog's Bach Lay-By 229
LAX Parking Lot 234
Nowhere 238
Stacey's Lane 242
Conclusion 249
Bibliography 254
Acknowledgments 256
Index 257