Places Michelle Cassidy Wants to Go

These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.

The cellar of a former factory is now home to a collection of gloves, machines, and tools of the trade.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

Is there such thing as too many fruit bats? Not anymore.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

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

A peculiarly shaped brass sculpture hidden in a courtyard in central Lviv

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

Fragments of the former temple's lost facade are now displayed in a strange library of stones.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.