Places mgraynernz Wants to Go

The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.

Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.

The country’s largest collection of southwestern jewelry, along with contemporary Native American art.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Traditional, pre-Hispanic food is served alongside classic favorites in this family-owned Mexican restaurant.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

An enormous white temple that honors the birthplace of a Hindu goddess.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

Berlin's old airport.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

A basement pool hall is the front for some of the best Dominican food in New York City.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

A remote monument to one of the fiercest battles fought by the Victorian British Army.

The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.