Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.

Traditional 15th century Chinese garden in the middle of Vancouver.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.

The self-mummified monks of Japan.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.