Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

Abandoned Japanese ghost town gives a glimpse into what our own metropolises may leave behind.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

This scout retreat, still in use today, was the filming location for the original “Friday the 13th” film.

Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

This conical hill was built as a testing ground for an engineer known as the Glider King.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.