Places Michelle Cassidy Wants to Go

Cooled, fractured lava formed this geometric rock feature.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

For more than 70 years, this small shop has been a go-to for Kolkata's fountain pen connoisseurs and collectors.

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

The unique ecosystem atop an Australian mountain is home to some colorful inhabitants.

The only museum dedicated to the history of the "Magic Lantern," a medieval slide projector.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

The Grand Canyon’s original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned.

The world's only known button museum.

In this Florida couple's cottage, nearly every surface—inside and out—is covered in mosaic artwork.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.

According to a local legend, this peculiar mountaintop rock formation is actually a demon that was turned into stone.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.