Places etiennebara Wants to Go

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

A vineyard devoted entirely to an unexplored flavor frontier.

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

These small, spectacular monkeys are making a comeback after deforestation destroyed much of their rainforest habitat.

Four steel monoliths stand in the Qatari desert, in a breathtaking work of large-scale art by Richard Serra.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

The triumvirate of postwar Korea—Kim Il-sung, Syngman Rhee, and Lee Ki-poong—once vacationed on this seaside peninsula.

Hiding in plane sight.

Mysterious and ancient carved standing stones.

Visit this odd display of indigenous style in Argentine wine country.

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

The European equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame is slowly spreading over the entire city.

On the grounds of a former estate in Burgundy stands an elaborate temple that is modeled after the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

A narrow, serpentine spit of sand is constantly eroded and rebuilt by competing currents.

Scrap material from around Eritrea finds a new life at this outdoor market, where upcycling is a lifestyle.

A garden in Lisbon filled with giant porcelain creatures.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

The name of the only golden Buddhist temple in Korea translates as "the temple that protects the country."

A train ride to the middle of nowhere gives its passengers some of the most iconic views of Japan's seasons.

This museum is dedicated to one of Russia's greatest explorers.

The remains of a Zoroastrian temple that bore witness to a time when Aden was a flourishing trading hub.

In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.

Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.