Places irenel Wants to Go

One car at a time please.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

Flaunt your karaoke chops at this pitch-perfect dive bar.

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

Grab a life-changing ham sandwich at this former horse butchershop.

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

This indoor-outdoor Portland market is an ode to the lesser-known corners of Latin America’s varied foodscape.

A peculiar museum that includes many drunken tales, a drunk driving simulator, and much more.