Places Carnival Wants to Go

The world's first and only museum dedicated to dachshunds.

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

Final resting place of the most prolific Fijian cannibal of all time.

Largest Buddha carved from gemstone-quality jade in the world, on a world tour through 2011.

A forest full of mystical fantasy figures, nearly destroyed by recent fires.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

This Luxembourg cave is covered in cryptic looking marks left by mining activity.

This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

This facility has manufactured stunning tapestries for France's royalty ever since the 17th century.

Underneath a chalk hill in France lies what Hitler hoped would be the underground launching base for a devastating new weapon.

The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.

A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

Despite being considered a thoroughly American sport, basketball's oldest surviving playing field is found in the basement of a Paris YMCA.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

The largest underground church in Europe.