Places mariska135mm Wants to Go

Northern Virginia’s iconic Vietnamese shopping center.

Wisconsin’s oldest Chinese restaurant, still glowing beneath its historic neon sign.

A volcanically-heated waterfall in the St. Lucian rainforest.

Europe’s only spaceport is in South America.

A hidden empanada shop run by the biggest Boca Juniors F.C Japanese fan.

At this historic Huntington diner, a century of stories hovers over every booth.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

The most extravagant car collection features a Batmobile, Liberace's mirror ball-ed Rolls Royce, and a stunt car from 'The Fast and the Furious.'

This hands-on museum houses roughly 80 vintage pinball machines and arcade games.

A collection of modern and vintage pinball machines housed in the cellar of a 15th-century building.

This interactive museum celebrates the iconic arcade game.

An otherworldly reserve of one of Earth’s densest volcanic fields and the world’s largest guanaco migration.

Explore this unspoiled peninsula with 11 sandy beaches and 13 miles of hiking and biking trails (keep an eye out for soaring bald eagles overhead).

This statue honors the Philippine warrior who repelled a foreign invader and prevented Ferdinand Magellan from circumnavigating the globe.

A Cold War watchtower atop a WWII-era bunker on a historic Dutch dike.

An old, partly destroyed church, preserved in the state it was left in after a fire.

A living example of historical stratification: a Roman amphitheater, a medieval farm, and modern town square.

A one-of-a-kind shopping mall dedicated to Buddhist and Daoist spirituality.

The largest aviary in Southeast Asia is a green haven in the heart of the city.

A 1930s defensive fortification designed to protect Italy from a German invasion.

In the Middle Ages, villagers would sound this stone trumpet to boost fertility and coax fish to shore.

This large round boulder is said to emit spiritual power, but it may just be magnets.