Places Madeleine Wants to Go

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

Haven for steampunks.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

An illegally built ramshackle mansion tucked in the middle of Brooklyn is now being turned into condominiums.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

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

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Fall down the rabbit hole into a surreal journey of human consciousness "from ass to soul."

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.