Places melsand2000 Wants to Go

This wooden mosque is one of the few remnants of medieval Poland's Muslim Tatar community in this deeply Catholic country.

This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.

This museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest archives of Chinese American history and culture.

This risqué sculpture, based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, caused outrage 35 years after it was erected.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

Take a seat and hear a song by the composer Frédéric Chopin.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

These are probably the most beautifully crafted toilets you've ever seen.

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

Learn the fine art of making a centuries-old treat at this hands-on food museum.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

In 2013, historians discovered a hidden room devoted to the art of making royals' hot chocolate.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

Throughout this shopping mall are medieval ruins that were discovered during the mall's construction.