Places Joanna Cardinal Wants to Go

Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A Saxony castle houses one of the largest and most outstanding mineral collections in the world.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

Geodesic dome luxury retreat in the Scottish Highlands.