Places ibcarlene Wants to Go

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.

An eclectic mix of influences rot together in harmony in this India necropolis.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

This 20-foot mountain is made up of some 15,000 mannequins—if you visit, you can even take a piece home with you.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This strange portrait of six ladies with chicken bodies commemorates a count's dirty habits.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

Come for the chanting, stay for the monastical vegan buffet.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

Little India's hidden gem of kindness and good food.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

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

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.