Places summermaddux Wants to Go

At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

Designed as a labyrinth, this subterranean prison was crafted without bars or doors.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

Though an earthquake destroyed this village in 1980, one former resident still walks its streets every day.

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

This Roman underground canal was the longest tunnel ever built until the late 19th-century.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

This enormous sinkhole hides a secret world created from divine wrath.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.