Places summermaddux Wants to Go

An off-the-beaten path cave with an underground lake.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

This museum located in Fondi is also said to be the most haunted building in town.

These artificial caves crafted by ancient Romans were elaborate fish farms for moray eels.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

You can still find treasures on the pebbly beaches of one of the world's oldest jade-producing areas.

This one-of-a-kind Roman arch is not actually dedicated to the god Janus.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

This tiny museum immortalizes the birthplace of an iconic Chinese-Korean noodle dish.

A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.

A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.