Places taras Wants to Go

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.

A commemoration of the little-known cultural influence that Tolstoy had on India.

These murals celebrate the oft-overlooked legacies of Iraqi-Jewish actresses in Bollywood.

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

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

Vietnam's largest Buddha statue depicts a female sage.

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

This antique shop offers affordable 15th-century Vietnamese ceramics salvaged from a local shipwreck.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."

One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."

Rainbow shutters decorate this former police station.

Cartoon clouds and nature-inspired murals have transformed the streets of Kuala Lumpur.

Come for the chanting, stay for the monastical vegan buffet.

Kuala Lumpur’s historic single-screen cinema, transformed into a labyrinthine bookstore.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

The last street gas lamps in Hong Kong.

A serene space tucked amid the skyscrapers of Hong Kong's bustling financial district.

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

All of Thailand's architectural landmarks, plus some made up ones, all viewable via two-seater bicycle.