Places Michelle Cassidy Wants to Go

Hidden behind mountains in Morocco, a remote town hides a thriving surfing community.

A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

This tiny site in Iowa, part of a patchwork national wildlife refuge, is home to ancient flora and fauna.

Look no further than this local institution for the best East Texas–style barbecue.

For 14 years, this former stray dog greeted every train passenger that arrived in Fort Collins.

Inventive brewers use NSW ingredients to dream up flavorful beers made with local honey, native raspberries, and Mariposa plums.

An antiquated aquarium housed in a converted government anti-nuclear bunker.

The bones of prehistoric animals and early signs of human habitation have been found inside Malta's "cave of darkness."

The most southern point you can drive to in the Western Hemisphere.

A bronze, peeing self-portrait protests unequal inheritance rights.

A lesser-known sister to Paris's world-famous museum, located within a Buddhist sculpture paradise.

In 806, Kobo Daishi began meditating on Mount Misen. The Buddhist monk lit this holy fire, which has been kept burning for 1,200 years.

In October 1856, Harriet Tubman escaped arrest at this site while attempting to reunite an enslaved woman named Tilly with her fiancé.

This century-old electronics store-turned-cafe serves comforting, retro fare.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

What if the Fountain of Youth was actually found in Delaware? One historic coastal town believes it to be true.

This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.

At a museum dedicated to the millenia-old rites and art of Buddhism, the Buddha's reputed tooth is held as an object of worship.

They say the internet is forever but just in case, the shiba inu behind an iconic meme has been immortalized in bronze.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

Sip “liquid cuisine” made with meat, vegetables, and insects.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.