Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.