Places summermaddux Wants to Go

Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.

A replica of an ancient alien-like idol humorously represents spectacles in a corner of this shrine complex.

A stunning little chapel built on a rock in the Mediterranean Sea on the Greek island of Leros.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

Two James Beard Award-winning chefs are putting their own spin on Filipino favorites in a food market stall.

This oddities museum and folk art environment encourages visitors to play, explore, create, and even add to the environment itself.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

Fall through a crack in the seams of reality at this immersive art installation.

This whimsical statue marks the high water level from the Great Flood of 1993.

This historic home has survived wars, drought, and financial woes to become a California landmark.

Japan's first automaton went missing, only to be revived by the Osaka Science Museum.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

The demolished ruins of a poorly located Japanese Love Hotel.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

Legend says the goddess this shrine honors curses any couples that pass by.

The lesser-known eastern counterpart to Kyoto’s famous fox shrine.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

In the upscale neighborhood of Miraflores in Lima, a pretty little park is home to dozens of cats.

This 46-foot-tall carving of a legendary Māori navigator can only be visited by boat.

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.