Places anatolejolly Wants to Go

Denmark’s ultra-modern library hides a treasury of rare, unique books.

This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.

A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

This 11th-century fortress is now the seat of Aragon’s state legislature.

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

On the outside of the Mersey Tunnels, an Art Deco sculpture of an Egyptian Pharaoh wears goggles and racing gear.

Try maple leaf tempura at the trailside shop that brought it back from oblivion.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

An ancient Roman snake god, carved expertly into stone.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

An Indian forest is being single-handedly planted after its creator was inspired by a slither of dead snakes.

Nature's water park in the Wadi Bani Awf valley is full of pools flanked with cliffs and natural water slides.

These serpents are considered holy and pampered accordingly.

This roadside wonder is as mysterious as it is beloved.

A small island hides in plain sight on Austin's Lady Bird Lake.

A snake farm famous for its venemous varieties.

Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Brazil’s Snake Island has a frighteningly apt nickname.

Twice a year, this road is closed off to allow for the migration of thousands of snakes, reptiles and amphibians between cliffs and a swamp.

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

Host to the annual Festival of the Snakes.

A shrine dedicated to the sacred white snakes of Iwakuni, whose albinism has been passed down for generations.

Come in, light some incense, and ignore the live snakes around you.