Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

Art and a pun, all in one.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.