Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

England's most notorious suicide spot.

A local prank turned town icon.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

While it is not equipped to peer into outer space this observatory looks like it was built on the moon.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.