Places summermaddux Wants to Go

A curious art park at the geographic center of Europe is home to 3,000 television sets and other wonders.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

Various forms of phallic art decorate this hill in commemoration of legendary local tragedy.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha spent 18 years creating these monumental paintings of Slavic history and mythology.

The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.