Places summermaddux Wants to Go

Malta’s oldest sea water distillation building is now an architectural anomaly on the Sliema waterfront.

See Malta’s history through the recreation of scenes of torture using life-sized mannequins in a former medieval dungeon.

This 19th-century aqueduct provides insights into how water was supplied to Victoria on the island of Gozo before modern plumbing.

Hike up to this abandoned hotel for one of the best panoramic views of the island of Gozo.

These clocks tell time in a theological sense.

This abandoned building, which is the second-largest structure on the Maltese island of Comino, has a complicated past.

Valletta’s outdoor theatre stands within the ruins of a 19th-century opera house.

These sprawling military housing quarters from the 1960s are now defunct and hidden in plain sight on Malta’s Mediterranean coast.

So opulent and massive it was once dubbed a palace, this hotel's doors closed temporarily in 2007 and failed to reopen.

Malta’s largest cemetery is a Victorian-era architectural masterpiece.

In 1888, a resident of Xagħra, Malta, discovered a small underground chamber filled with stalactites and stalagmites when digging a well.

The bones of prehistoric animals and early signs of human habitation have been found inside Malta's "cave of darkness."

An 18th-century hunting lodge turned haunted Baroque palace.

Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

Enigmatic tombs and cave dwellings on the outskirts of a rural village.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.

The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."

A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.

This Stone Age solar temple aligns with the sun on each equinox and solstice.

Blossom has blossomed from a dairy advertising effort into a community mascot near Sligo, Pennsylvania.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.