Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

This cavernous abandoned marble mine is popular with ice skaters in the winter.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.