Places PauI Wants to Go

One of the largest sandsculpture installations in the world, this exhibit boasts a unique combination of sprawling sand scenes, theological musings, and salvaged shipwrecks.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

After a long legal battle, the heart of the famous composer is finally enthroned in the city of his birth.

A tiny museum dedicated exclusively to the tiny art that decorates matchboxes.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

A limestone cave filled with impressive formations in Mole Creek Karst National Park.

The world's smallest Austen museum is inside an unassuming phone booth.

This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

A collection of whimsical metal sculptures scattered along a forest path.

Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.