Places hapichapi Wants to Go

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.

These free-roaming horses were once destined to disappear from the land.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.