Places summermaddux Wants to Go

An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.

One of Ireland’s oldest family-run pubs, with a unique feature.

In 2400 BC, two male hairstylists decided to spend eternity together. But maybe they were just friends?

Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.

A beautifully preserved and hidden 16th-century alleyway, tucked behind an unassuming door.

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

Its most enigmatic sculpture is a giantess with a ghostly face on her knee.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

Seven streams tumble over a cliff, resulting in this dazzling waterfall in the Nigerian rainforest.

A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

Victorian-era pub covered head to toe with mementos from patrons of decades past.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.