Places btmrqs Wants to Go

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

These subterranean storage areas hold emergency water reserves.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

An abandoned anti-smuggling station decays along the boundary between Portugal and Spain.

One of Europe's largest groups of dolmens remains largely off the typical tourist track.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Taste the precursor of peri-peri chicken at this restaurant just outside of Lisbon.

One of Madrid's oldest trees, with a long and colorful history, resides in El Retiro Park.

Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.

A pair of gigantic baby heads greet passengers at Atocha Station.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

Known as the Casa de las Siete Chimeneas, this haunted 16th-century manor has a dark, mysterious past.