Places Michelle Cassidy Wants to Go

Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

A Buddhist shrine in a cave protected by macaques next to dark passages lined with creepy paintings.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

The world's largest concentrated solar power plant.

A modern reimagining of a medieval city gate.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

A Buddhist temple to honor insects that died for science.

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.