Places summermaddux Wants to Go

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

One of the most extensive and well-preserved collections of dinosaur footprints in North America.

The ruins of a 2,000-year-old Roman fishing village perched on one of the best beaches in Spain.

A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.

Five painted skeletons are hiding behind a church in this tiny village in the Italian Alps.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

This strange portrait of six ladies with chicken bodies commemorates a count's dirty habits.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.

From Vikings to nationwide rebellions, this castle has seen its fair share of warfare.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

Daikon radishes are offered to the Japanese Buddhist counterpart of the Hindu god Ganesha at this historic hilltop temple.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A series of caves, tunnels, and wells filled with fascinating figures and symbols.

A network of underground water channels that dates back to the Middle Ages.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.

An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.