Places summermaddux Wants to Go

The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

A set of 13th and 14th century standardized bread measures.

Exquisite carvings of leaves, Green Men, and the occasional dragon adorn a medieval chapter house.

One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.

Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.

Four steel monoliths stand in the Qatari desert, in a breathtaking work of large-scale art by Richard Serra.

A late 4th-century BC archaeological wonder located just outside the suburbs of Thessaloniki, Greece.

This record setting conveyor belt system can even be seen from space.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

An elegant German-style resort overlooking the Potomoc River.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

This genuine, blood red Jolly Roger was captured off the North African coast in 1790 by Admiral Richard Curry.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

Meet California's largest recorded lodgepole pine: an 11-story-tall, 440-year-old living relic that has survived centuries of disaster to rank among the world's greatest forest giants.

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Hanging over one of Japan’s “hidden valleys,” these vine bridges must be remade every three years.