Places Madeleine Wants to Go

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

New York's oldest magic store.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.