Places pleiades Wants to Go

This mysterious pyramid is said to be part of a complex web of occult and Freemason symbols.

This time-honored eatery near Hoàn Kiếm Lake serves the classic pairing of rice vermicelli soup and savory sticky rice.

This crab paste noodle soup specialist has been doling out its namesake dish for more than four decades.

For true northern-style phở with broth as clear as consommé, hunt for this restaurant hidden within a residential home.

Order your coffee crowned with salted whipped cream or blended with coconut and ice.

Don’t miss the local staple of rice vermicelli with charcoal-grilled pork patties and pork belly.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum. 

For fans of the stained glass art of Irish illustrator Harry Clarke, this church is the place to be.

A 300-year-old cottage decorated with tens of thousands of seashells arranged in intricate patterns.

When the tide is high, you can see the Atlantic pushing up through a deep, jagged hole in the rock.

A monument to a 19th-century Irish woman whose murder inspired several literary works.

The ruins of a monastery that dates to the 7th century.

This natural sea arch highlights Ireland's rugged coastal beauty.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

This wooden recreation of a 9th century lake village looks as though it was built yesterday (which it relatively was).

The mile-long pier stretches from a ruined fortress out into the Baltic.

This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.