Places summermaddux Wants to Go

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

These jeweled relics have a scandalous and contested past.

From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

A million years ago, our ancient ancestors were cooking with fire in this cave.

Catch a live blues set in a former 1930s grocery store on the Mississippi River.

Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.

No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

The world’s largest street art museum.

In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

Over 80 years old, this hand-dug tunnel is a Chinese-style portal to another world.

A giant statue of the Buddhist goddess of mercy watches over the town of Ōfuna.

A network of ancient tunnels and vaulted chambers with mystical Buddhist reliefs, built for ascetic training.

Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

The largest ongoing mosaic project in Europe.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.