Places jacksonhotaling Wants to Go

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

A hidden highland of peaks and pastures, largely unchanged since medieval times.

This hidden courtyard in the Andorran capital hosts a unique contemporary sculpture park.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

One-room museum dedicated to India's most enigmatic mathematician.

A piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh inside a piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh.

The Hungarian linguistics expert who wrote the first Tibetan–English dictionary was laid to rest in a remote Indian cemetery.

At this unique temple in Darjeeling, Hindu and Buddhist practices co-exist harmoniously.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.

An underwater road considered a possible Atlantis location.

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

Every plane, auto, and bicycle in this collection is kept in working order and are regularly demonstrated to the public.

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

Grapes be damned, this distillery makes wine from apples, blueberries, cranberries, and more.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

One of the country's best automotive museums and home to one of the first motor vehicles.

The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

Admire an ever-changing landscape of stone sculptures.