Places summermaddux Wants to Go

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A former reservoir that was only recently discovered after more than 60 years of disuse.

The spot where Parvati convinced Shiva to marry her, has become a pilgrimage site for married and unmarried women.

The forgotten remnants of a land-to-sea cable car that was once unique in the world.

What appears to be an ancient Roman temple is actually a Catholic church.

A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

This fountain is dedicated to the workers who perished constructing the Fréjus Rail Tunnel.

This ruined Japanese stripclub sits half burnt to the ground.

The ruins of Japan’s premier water brothel.

The ruin of a Japanese love hotel almost completely overgrown with brambles.

This phallic temple was erected in the forest to honor the tragic death of a samurai lord's son.

Described by William Wordsworth as a "World of Wonder."

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

What is the Thing?

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.