Places Madbenlia Wants to Go

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

Become a prohibition rebel.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.