Places Maddy Wants to Go

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.

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

A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.

For nearly 2,000 years this church has been waging war on local snakes by importing cats.

After a battle with Congress, Webb C. Hayes installed the gates of the White House on the fence of his father's Presidential Library and Museum.

This tiny museum honors the rural country doctor experience.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

Preserving the story of an early 20th-century orphanage.

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

A fascinating and comprehensive look at the evolution of medical practice in the Sacramento Valley since the mid-1800s.

A free park where visitors can learn about and collect 440 million-year-old fossils.

Photographs of the faces of the town's dead cover the walls of this small Italian church.

A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.

This museum and curiosity shop provides a glimpse into an often-overlooked past to show guests that there is beauty and wonder in the macabre.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

This Choctaw/Thai restaurant celebrates Indigenous cuisines from different continents.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Eat green onion ice cream and other allium-centric treats at this unusual museum.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.