Places simonele Wants to Go

Order a crunchy sugar-topped treat from one of Hong Kong’s oldest pineapple bun bakers.

Chef Ashleigh Shanti serves up a classic Appalachian fish fry.

For more than 30 years, this stalwart has been one of the few restaurants in Bangkok specializing in northern Thai cuisine.

While it might look like an ordinary chain, this is the shop that turned Thai iced tea into a global phenomenon.

The original home of the Caesar Salad.

A vibrant arts enclave in stunning red rock scenery.

An office building covered from head to toe in over eighty variety of plants

Kokera sushi may be the rarest sushi you have never heard of. 

The whole world is cooking in one Kissimmee parking lot.

This airstrip atoll is uninhabited by humans, but absolutely full of birds.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

Ten acres of the Kula Forest Reserve make up this wondrous state park.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

This magnificent natural sandstone bridge is one of the largest in the world and is an iconic symbol for Lake Powell.

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

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Discover this sandstone alcove, a geologic wonder in southern Utah, that continues to slowly shape shift.

This sanctuary became synonymous with fear and terror in the ancient world.

A curious memorial to the Berlin Wall, German division, the war, and those who died at the wall.

This historic landmark stands as a towering tribute to the area's farming legacy and remains one of the few traditional wooden elevators still watching over the Saskatchewan prairies.

Rare surviving tombs from one of the "Dark Ages" of Ancient Egypt.

This no-frills bar in rural Wisconsin has become a haven for thirsty travelers.