Places EdEddnEdgy Wants to Go

Vietnam’s everyman “broken rice” dish is given one major upgrade at this humble institution.

Once a bridge over the River Begej, now high and dry.

Luminaries of all stripes have sipped strong Greek coffee at this cafe since 1839.

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

Since 1969, this restaurant has served up dishes typical of Istanbul's Greek diaspora.

Tear apart fatty, gently charred lamb chops with your bare hands.

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

This stone tower was built to protect Crete from incoming pirates.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

A natural wonder with mythological ties to the local Ainu tradition.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

This ruined castle is said to be the legendary keep of a Viking princess.

These "mermaids" that surround a plaza in Segovia are rather sphinx-like.

A palatial horse museum outside Shanghai is home to the most pampered horses in the world.

A beautifully-carved Pictish stone encased in a protective glass structure.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.