Places Maddy Wants to Go

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

The only natural cave bath in all of Europe.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

A perfectly preserved small-town pharmacy and soda fountain that opened in the early 20th century and closed in the 1980s.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.