Places Tao Tao Holmes Wants to Go

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

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

This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

A unique museum dedicated to culture and artistry of carpet weaving.

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.