Places summermaddux Wants to Go

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Located in a remote part of a Louisiana wildlife refuge, this tree has been standing for more than 1,200 years.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

In the oldest zen temple stands a descendant of the very tree that introduced tea to Japanese culture.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.