Places summermaddux Wants to Go

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

An enormous factory from the late 1800s sits abandoned on Cleveland eastside.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

An abandoned putt putt golf course nestled hidden next to one of the local water towers and a local veterinarian.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

A door-hating guardian spirit presides over this mountain where one of the largest religious festivals in Georgia takes place.

Sharks, stingrays, and turtles swim in the pools at this former elementary school.

A stunning palace haunted by the sinister reputation of its infamous owners.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

Ireland’s northernmost pub.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.