Places summermaddux Wants to Go

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.

In 806, Kobo Daishi began meditating on Mount Misen. The Buddhist monk lit this holy fire, which has been kept burning for 1,200 years.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

The long-lost tomb of an ancient Japanese emperor, complete with a miniature terracotta army.

This no-frills bar in rural Wisconsin has become a haven for thirsty travelers.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

Georgia’s answer to Easter Island immortalizes the nation’s great poets, artists, and leaders in stone glory.

Under the desolate and windswept northern coast of Barbados stands a small oasis filled with sea anemones.

This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.

This cave system allegedly holds the "metallic library" of a lost ancient civilization.

The sunlight passing through the opening of this huge cave system creates a magical effect.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

The ceiling of this cavern is dripping with multicolored marble stalactites.

This ancient limestone cave system contains many impressive geological features.

One of few vertical lava tubes in the world accessible by foot.

The spectacular geological formations make it one of the most impressive caves in Europe.