Places Michelle Cassidy Wants to Go

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

At a lodge and RV park is a collection of headwear that comes in at more than 11,300 and counting.

How did 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes become so beloved in Paraguay?

Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

Head to this repurposed Renault van for fiery sausages and fries.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

This Algerian sweet shop serves confections in an eye-popping array of hues.

Peruse produce from Senegal, Cameroon, and other West African nations at this sprawling market.

The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

Fully loaded, Tunisian-style sandwiches are on the menu at this unassuming hole-in-the-wall.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

An unconventional and naturalistic sculpture depicting the artist marking his territory on an exterior faculty wall.