Places summermaddux Wants to Go

This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.

The 650 red and white Japanese plum trees of this Tokyo neighborhood blossom each spring.

A major pre-Columbian archaeological site in central El Salvador.

High in the trees or suspended between cables, these surreal structures are the works of a unique Japanese architect.

"Di amigo y entra" at this Argentinian Middle Earth-inspired pub.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

A single column facing the sea is all that's left of one of the most important temples of Magna Graecia.

These ancient ruins include a stadium dating back to 400 BC.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

At this Nashville restaurant, cheese and charcuterie arrive via conveyor belt.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

A cave covered with bizarre stalactites of cloth.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

A desert that evokes the surreal.

This U.S. natural reserve is an ancient spiritual place and rock climber’s paradise.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

This gravestone tells the tragic tale of its occupant's death.