Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Tucked away in the forests of Indiana resides an abandoned waterslide that is now a popular graffiti haunt.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.