Places summermaddux Wants to Go

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The final resting place of an iconic drag performer is decorated with pearls and hot-pink lipstick.

This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.

A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

Heralded as the oldest statue in London.

Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.