Places Sandra Lang Wants to Go

An unassuming Swiss institution houses Europe's largest toy museum.

A unique collection of Swiss art brut and naïve art displayed in an old warehouse.

Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.

Everything from alchemy books to building plans for the Eiffel Tower are housed inside this museum.

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

A historic casino where Dostoyevsky is said to have lost it all on a single spin of the roulette wheel.

Down this Cracovian street resides a plaque with a stark message about the city's air pollution.

This statue has a painful history, but activists have since recontextualized it as a way to educate visitors about the dangers posed by fascist regimes.

This deceiving white sand beach gets its brilliant hue from the chemical discharge of a nearby factory.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

This stone amphitheater was once part of Nazi Germany's plan to promote propaganda.

This modern, multimedia museum takes visitors on an evolutionary journey back in time.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

A local museum honors the history of Bamberg’s unique cultural heritage: growing crops in the heart of the city.

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

Beer lovers thirsty for knowledge can now visit a museum devoted to the world's largest hop-growing region.

Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.

This serene, turquoise lake in an extraordinary nature reserve showcases a rare natural phenomenon.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

This graffitied 19th-century building was a prototype of European industrial architecture.

This intriguing museum chronicles the history and impact of immigration in Brazil.

Learn the incredible story of how an unassuming spa town was transformed into one of the world’s largest uranium mining sites.