Places tobbinator Wants to Go

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

This impressive collection of rare books on ancient mysticism inspired author Dan Brown.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Dine on Hungarian-Jewish dishes at this multigenerational, family-run institution.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

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

One man’s collection of photography books has transformed into a charming exhibition space.

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.

The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

Unusual building appears to be haphazardly built from randomly piled bricks.

A festival where people vie to be bombarded by exploding clusters of fireworks.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.