Places jmallott Wants to Go

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

The caves are the oldest surviving structures in the city of Pune.

This island at Coburg Lake Reserve is home to a sizable, very visible colony of Australian white ibis.

In Warrington’s Golden Square, it's always tea time.

This sculpture bears a tragic backstory that may have inspired a hauntingly beautiful children's song.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

This abandoned lock-up was saved because of its connection to a local football team.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

A living museum of curated gardens honors 4,000 years of agriculture in the Santa Cruz River basin.

This airfield played a key role in both World War II and the Cold War.

It's said that visitors can "see" Tasmania inside this cave.

Leonardo da Vinci was one of many to find inspiration in this unique, rocky landscape in Tuscany.

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.

Once disputed as the largest sundial in the world.

This one-room doctor's office has been moved twice, and now lives on as a museum.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

The history of Tel Aviv told through a work of art.

This bronze statue commemorates the strange and beloved mascot of UC Irvine—the only university to be represented by a giant anteater.

Memorials are nearly all that remains of this Arkansas prison camp, where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated during World War II.

More than 10,000 small mirrors cover the curved surface of the world's second-largest solar oven, located in a remote village in Uzbekistan.

The shiny silver little brother to Copenhagen's Little Mermaid statue.