Places Auros Harman Wants to Go

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

A Caribbean chef recreates his enslaved great-great-grandmother's dishes inside the home she purchased after buying her freedom.

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

This Michelin-starred restaurant sheds light on a rare period of cultural and culinary tolerance in Cordoba’s past.

This monument gives insight into how lost children were found in Edo-period Tokyo.

This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

One of the oldest lighthouses in the world has been in continuous use since it was first built in 1531.

A devilishly named gorge that was a sign of salvation for many pioneers.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

On a small Slovenian island, diners can mix and match a classic cake into dozens of sweet and savory flavor combinations.

This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.