Places vijayhm Wants to Go

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

This Peruvian-Chinese institution has perfected the art of rotisserie chicken—alongside plantains and lo mein.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

People have been scribbling on this massive chunk of granite for more than 1,500 years.

Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

An off-the-beaten-path monastery in the northern hills of Ulaanbaatar.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.

Established hundreds of years ago, Gandan remains the premier Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar.

Soviet General Zhukov’s former home is a quiet spot amid the heavy traffic of Ulaanbaatar.

Thousands of artifacts tell Mongolia's military history, from the Bronze Age to the present.

A collection of old steam and diesel locomotives sitting in a fenced-off garden.

The monastery survived the Communist revolution in Mongolia as a religious museum.

A memorial to the most decisive Native American victory of the Plains Indian War.

A collection of miniatures made in the central-western region of Mexico.

This colonial mining complex is now home to magnificent themed gardens.

Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.

This subterranean passage reveals the city's mining history as well as its legendary terrors.

This singular Mexican structure is considered a masterpiece of the Tapatía architectural school.

This door in the old residential area of Guadalajara hides several communist motifs.

For decades, the parade of apostles that left the Expiatory Temple of Guadalajara remained hidden inside one of the towers.