Places Himanshu Wants to Go

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

CDMX's home for the world's culinary delights.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

An ornate Buddhist temple located in an Atlanta suburb, built by and for the Laotian community.

A massive line that stretches across the floor of Bologna’s largest church was created by a 17th-century scientist to measure the movements of the Sun.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

This garden is very fertile.

The nation’s first institution dedicated to the conservation of Bhutanese textiles.

Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.

This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."

This colorful overpass is one of Bhutan's longest suspension bridges.

This 17th-century Bhutanese monastery is ensconced in Buddhist legend.

An 18th-century Nepali-style chorten built to subdue demons and evil spirits.