Places Maddisonrosie Wants to Go

The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

These 13th century documents come housed in 18th century shelves organized by a 19th century historian.

One of Hungary's most influential places of learning is also home to one of the world's most beautiful libraries.

An industrial site turned into Hungary's most cherished natural wonder.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

A medieval village holds a very modern hotel.

The holiday spirit lingers year-round in the "Christmas City of the High Plains."

Menacing or in memoriam, the Silent People and their meaning are left to interpretation.

The grandest stage for the world's foremost masters of invisible instruments.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

Reaching the "Church in the Sky" requires scaling the cliff face of a sandstone pinnacle with a 650-foot drop.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

Over the dunes of the Empty Quarter, the mysterious music of the desert.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.