Places Maddisonrosie Wants to Go

Arcade chock-full of old timey, whimsical, hand-cranked automata and peepshows.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

"The Wonder From Down Under," a worm shaped museum celebrating the endangered Giant Gippsland earthworm.

A youth-centric science center hides an industrial triumph.

You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.

Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.

Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th-century pharmacy.

Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.

Australia's first open air museum and antique 3D theater.

In this Red Rock forest, a small enclave plays host to a collection of wacky figurines.

A microcosm of the whaling industry in a small Australian town.

Outside the National Dinosaur Museum, dozens of dinosaur statues and sculptures claim the landscape.

Every July, men dressed as giant crows dance around a scarecrow who comes to life.

Every May, townspeople welcome summer with a bizarre pagan parade led by a man wrapped in garlands.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

Legend has it a sacred treasure hidden by an ancient guru was revealed with a burning butter lamp from these waters.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.