Places summermaddux Wants to Go

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

Cherry blossom season comes early in this Japanese town where pink flowers line the streets and riverbanks.

Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

The Arctic Circle runs through this isolated spot north of Iceland.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.