Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.