Places emdb Wants to Go

Each tide uncovers a shoreline where Virginia’s prehistoric past washes up.

This rural island is home to the ghost town of what used to be the world’s biggest salt mine.

Visit a century-old sweet shop serving gold-standard mango sticky rice.

Part of Seattle’s Ravenna Creek Drop project, these capsules preserve seeds of plants that predated the city.

Chronicling the history of Thailand’s unique currencies, from the silver “bullet money” to porcelain gambling tokens of various shapes.

Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

This small, 19th-century structure is all the remains of a once lively travelers' inn that General Robert E. Lee frequented.

This time-honored eatery near Hoàn Kiếm Lake serves the classic pairing of rice vermicelli soup and savory sticky rice.

Unbeknownst to many, this fountain was erected as a tomb and still holds the remains of a Frenchman.

Large rocks have been painted to whimsically resemble wild and farm animals.

Visit Lima’s one-stop-shop for sustainably sourced and produced Peruvian chocolate.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

Coins and medals straight from the mint await visitors to this shop in the nation's capital.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.