Places jcommerford Wants to Go

This remarkably well-preserved mosque stands amid an 11th-century caravansary.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

Amid the rubble of Aleppo's Old Quarter, part of a historic market has been restored and re-opened.

Inside the corridors of this flea market, visitors are sure to find some obscure and odd treasures.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

The decommissioned station is now a museum packed with antiquated hydroelectricity artifacts.

Thousands of colorful pirogues showcase ingenious craftsmanship at the largest fishermen port in Nouakchott.

A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.

This one-window stand has been home to a giant vat of slowly simmering meats and an array of unique tacos for almost 50 years.

The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

Classical ruins that remember ancient Rome's presence in Africa.

Wander among hulking piles of rusted machinery left over from the Eritrean-Ethiopian War.

These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.

The world's largest concentrated solar power plant.

This high-speed test track is popular with car manufacturers, speed freaks and orbiting astronauts.

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.

Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.

A pyramidal marker where the borders of Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana meet on top of Mount Roraima.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.