Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

Is this the most Portland place ever?

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.