Places Michael Harshman Wants to Go

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

This tiny museum hidden above a restaurant houses thousands of modern and traditional kites.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.

Fourteen sculptures showing the development of a fetus stand outside a hospital for women and children.

The world’s first museum dedicated to exploring human rights unleashed a wave of controversy.

A rare museum dedicated to a rather overlooked material in the history of fashion.

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This former cathedral is now a bustling library packed with students and pigeons.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.

An otherworldly alpine pasture in Slovenia with historical ties to WWII and architecture that recalls Middle Earth.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.