Places ashleymlawrence Wants to Go

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

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

An exquisite example of Uyghur Islamic architecture.

Forgotten for decades, the first medical school built in Communist China is full of surprises today.

The man who is mainly remembered for a chicken dish he had nothing to do with is buried under a large concrete dome.

Be careful not to get trampled at this lively two thousand-year-old market.

Inside this museum is an ongoing excavation of an ancient shipwreck.

This weekly market in the remote oasis city of Hotan still has the atmosphere of the old Silk Road.

An impactful museum ensures notorious war crimes disguised as "medical experimentation" won't soon be forgotten.

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

The museum isn't crazy, it's a museum of Sweet Grass County history complete with a replica Norwegian stabbur.

This six-building complex is the home of the world's largest steer.

Visit a church sculpted from hardened lava.

This museum, established in Butte's lost Chinatown, celebrates Asian-American culture in what was once the world's largest mining camp.

This landmark church at the Flathead Reservation mission features 58 ceiling and wall frescoes painted by the mission's cook.

A colossal concrete penguin announces this Montana town as the coldest spot in America. But is it really?