Places bluestorm1738 Wants to Go

This archaeological site features an early version of today’s refrigerators.

Colorado’s second largest natural lake was created by a landslide.

A unique auditory experience right on the sidewalk.

A labor of love by laborers in the sign-making business.

The remains of the Minatogawa Man found here are among the oldest known skeleton specimens from Japan.

Order a baked Alaska at one of Hong Kong’s last surviving places slinging “soy-sauce Western.”

Sample Hong Kong’s famous “Swiss wings” at the source.

One of two trees tied for the distinction of the largest western juniper in Oregon.

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.

Even Michelin-starred chefs are said to get their cleavers at this century-old shop.

A Greek-inspired memorial garden to commemorate a former university president and a liberal influential intellectual

A small maritime town's own way of memorializing the local lives spent at sea.

These 33 Zen Buddhist temples were built to protect the nearby castle.

Gas station bathrooms adorned with one of the world’s most infamous typefaces, with quotes ranging from lewd to profound.

Serve yourself from the heaping carts piled with bamboo steamers at what may be Hong Kong’s oldest dim sum parlor.

At this privately owned collection, conflicts are humanized through soldiers’ personal belongings.

This former courthouse is allegedly the site of the last witch trial in the United States.

The “world’s smallest cathedral” is a remnant of one of Croatia’s medieval royal towns.

Jet fuel-powered flames lend dishes a pleasant char at one of the last of Hong Kong’s remaining streetside restaurants.

This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.

A 10,000-square-foot museum of operating model trains.

This Cistercian monastery was the first in the German-speaking world

A grand Buddhist temple with Indian influences.

This cha chaan teng’s pineapple buns are so sought-after that they sell 5,000 a day.