Places mgraynernz Wants to Go

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

The burial ground of four Buganda monarchs was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

A collection of vintage liaison aircraft kept in flying condition and on display at an airfield in San Antonio.

A fairy garden in an old hotel hidden in La Marquesa forest.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

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

A cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

Hundreds of large Russian nesting dolls decorate this square, and the largest is a functioning hotel.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.

Get to know the plant-based fare of Chinese Buddhist monks.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

On a clear day, you can see all the way to the Virgin Islands from the top of this observation tower built in the 1960s.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

New York's transit system peddles terrible food in limited windows—this restaurant is a rare exception.