Places Tao Tao Holmes Wants to Go

An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

Réunion Island's highest point is a two-million-year-old volcano and a paraglider's paradise.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.

This little known mountain has claimed four times as many lives as Everest.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

After 11 years of reconstruction work, Slovakia's finest hilltop chapel complex is finally reopen to the public.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

A toxic lake near a volcanic caldera that is home to flamingos and other life.

One of Chile's most active volcanoes is riddled with beautiful caves.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.