Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

A massive cave complex boasts some of the clearest water (and most charming bats) in the world.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

A well-preserved network of cavernous tunnels have spent silent centuries removing Toronto's waste.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.