Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

Terrifying derelict military hospital once housed a recuperating Hitler.

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.

The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.