Places Samantha Berman Wants to Go

Enjoy egg rolls and live music in a converted bank vault.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

A must for film lovers in Madrid and home to the Spanish Film Library's projection space.

With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The remnants of an archaeological camp stand within Tikal National Park.