Places Madeleine Wants to Go

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

A student driver's nightmare.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.