Places murrayalisonb Wants to Go

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

Wander through more than 20,000 square feet filled with an amazing collection of orchids.

Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

This underground museum highlights the history of Mexico City's subway system.

A series of mosaics in Mexico City's Historic Center celebrate the Basque Country's "eighth province"—its diaspora.

This Japanese-inspired park showcases the city's peculiar trends for naming features after foreign rulers.

This covert museum showcases booties worn by a rescue dog and slippers owned by Queen Elizabeth II.

This tiny, tucked-away eatery reflects the history of Mexico's Lebanese immigrants.

This French cemetery houses some of the most exquisite examples of funerary art in Mexico City.

This extraordinary art museum is like a secret world on the edge of Mexico City.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

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.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

A curious museum of old video game consoles hidden in the back of a store.

A colorful "forest" made entirely from three tons of recycled plastic waste.