Places Madeleine Wants to Go

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

The celebrity luchadores of La Paz are tough ladies in traditional petticoats and braids.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

This cuddly rodent has a place of honor at a Russian institute for genetic research.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.

The rest of him lived another 61 years and was buried elsewhere.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."