Places Michelle Cassidy Wants to Go

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

This spa theme park lets its guests take a dip in pools of coffee, wine, or ramen broth.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

These biodiverse university gardens form a green oasis amid the urban chaos of Mexico City.

The site of Japan’s first archaeological excavation is also the birthplace of fingerprint forensics.