Places jmallott Wants to Go

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

Remote, beautiful, and stigmatized, Las Hurdes is Spain's version of Appalachia.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

Inside, ancient treasures. Outside, modern contradictions.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Where better to stay the night than inside a trio of ancient Chinese deities representing "the good life."

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

This supermarket in Shanghai appears to be a typical Chinese convenience store, but all of the bottles are empty and all the containers are filled with nothing but air.

This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.

Planned as the world’s first zero-carbon city, it had lofty ideals—but is only 5 percent completed and aiming for 50 percent carbon-neutral.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

After an epic flood washed away its enslavers, this city has been part ghost town, part cultural wildcard for the past three centuries.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.