Places summermaddux Wants to Go

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

This medieval castle was painted pink as part of a now-abandoned children's theme park.

At more than 5,000 years old, these structures are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

The townhouse where the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Báthory started her murderous career.

Would you spend the night in Japan's deepest train station?

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

This house covered in art created with volcanic rocks is shrouded in macabre lore.

Beautifully decorated tarot cards from the Middle Ages.

A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

It's as if the herds walked straight out of a fairy tale into the Missouri wilds.

An isolated "phantom bridge" doomed to crumble into ruin.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

Abandoned tunnels dug for the once-thriving sea salt industry on the coast of southern Spain.

The translucent turquoise hue of these natural swimming pools comes from a high concentration of minerals.

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.