Places summermaddux Wants to Go

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

A set of tall pillars and alcove-like rooms that are significant to the Miami people of Indiana.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

St. Francesca Romana, patron saint of drivers, resides in the church she founded.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.

Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.

Past the hills and beyond the graveyard, this church feels extremely out of place.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Often referred to as the largest spring in America.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

A memorial commemorating the only Scottish police investigation into an extraterrestrial incident.

The head of a legendary creature allegedly killed during colonial times is now on display at a local restaurant.