Places Auros Harman Wants to Go

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

A Provincetown shop that sells exactly one thing — a pink cupcake — and whose owner fought the town for the right to keep selling it.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

These sailing ship-shaped chandeliers are believed to have been a gift inspired by faith.

In Chapultepec Park there is a pavilion gifted to Mexico from South Korea to honor the 1968 Summer Olympics.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

This statue was a gift to commemorate the Thai monarch's first visit to a foreign land.

This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

This clock was gifted to Mexico as a show of gratitude for its long history of welcoming Arab migrants.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

A historic model village was gifted from residents of London to Melbourne as thanks for their help during World War II.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

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

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.