Places summermaddux Wants to Go

The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

A small museum in a ward on the east side of Tokyo showcases the works of one of Japan's greatest ukiyo-e artists.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

This small Japanese street is lined with figures, sculptures and a shrine dedicated to frogs.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.

A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

This 24-hour vending machine serves up homemade treats inspired by the local Japanese snow monkeys.

On the walking path from Monterosso to Vernazza, a small shrine dedicated to feline friends.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Björk, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.