Places J Stardust Wants to Go

This religious site features Nepal’s largest statue of Buddha.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

In this quiet village, a blue plaque marks the spot where the famous fictional detective retired.

The largest monastery in Singapore is home to a crematorium, a college, and one of Asia’s largest indoor Buddha statues.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

The beautiful 16th-century stepwell lies in the shadow of a famous fortress.

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

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The site of the Scopes Trial contains a small exhibit dedicated to the famous case.

At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.

This unassuming shed was the stage for a monumental event in British history.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.