Places Tao Tao Holmes Wants to Go

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

A crescent of 12 simple statues poised on a small windswept island off the coast of Newfoundland.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

This working replica of the 'Friends' coffee shop is more accurate to the show than the set itself.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.