Places summermaddux Wants to Go

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

The world's largest monastic library is also a baroque artistic masterpiece

This dolmen-like monument in the countryside is a symbol of the link between Belgium and Portugal (and indeed all other European countries)

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

A sinkhole and now a swimming hole, too, full of dazzling turquoise water.

Climb down into the largest sinkhole in Qatar.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

A derelict hunting lodge that was once the site of aristocratic debauchery.

Time has expired for eternity at this gravesite with a sense of humor.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

A lochside castle linked to Robert the Bruce, but not everything is as it seems!

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Under some of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi, this park invites you to look up into the Milky Way.

A chimeric bronze demon, embodying the chaotic spirit of a new millennium.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.