Places Joanna Cardinal Wants to Go

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.

The only example of a Paris Métro sign in use at a subway station outside of the French capital. 

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Rice balls symbolize fate and relationship at this adorable shrine, which was once dedicated to the Buddhist Devil.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

This swanky speakeasy is Denver’s oldest bar—and hasn’t changed a bit since 1933.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.