Places Michelle Cassidy Wants to Go

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

This small island, a byproduct of 19th-century canal construction, is now home to a charming Japanese garden.

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

The cutest shrine in Kyoto is dedicated to bunnies.

The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.

The world's only underwater laboratory where "aquanauts" study oceanic life.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

This massive Maya archaeological site is home to the tallest man-made structure in Belize.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.

The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.

Thousands of costumed dolls fill one of the world's creepiest museums.

A large Melbourne wall is home to an iconic work of art from one of the world's most renowned street artists.

The hottest place on the planet.

There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying the Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.

A hole-in-the-wall antiquities museum in one of Tokyo's most popular megamalls.

Wood carving meets bird conservation at this museum showcasing the life's work of one man.

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.