Places lizziecmporter Wants to Go

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

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

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.

The rocks are a time capsule of a 407-million-year-old Earth.

Witness traditional silk production in the Uzbek city that's been a hub of sericulture for over a thousand years.

One of the most ethnically diverse spots on the planet.

The ruins of an ancient Zoroastrian Tower of Silence believed to be the earliest example of the traditional funerary practice.

Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.

Final palace complex of the last of 29 Kokand rulers.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

The remains of an ancient city-state along the Silk Road.

The first version of this stalwart construction appeared around 3,000 years ago.

Where the father of Persian poetry is laid to rest.

A 19th-century church in South Mumbai built to commemorate those who died in the First Anglo-Afghan War and the retreat from Kabul in 1842.

This historic complex is home to the oldest Christian grave in Kolkata, India.

This synagogue is the only place of worship for New Delhi’s small Jewish community.

Delhi's oldest Christian cemetery is also said to be one of the most haunted in the region.

This disputed mass of ice is home to the highest battleground on Earth.

Kolkata’s only Portuguese church has a curious link with chickens.

The place of worship for Zoroastrians, Mumbai's Parsi fire temples use fire and ash for purification.