Places JanJann Wants to Go

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

An observatory with a 54-meter-wide radio telescope sits in the mountains of Armenia.

This often-missed monastery, set in a scenic mountain landscape, features unique frescoes, fortifications and legends.

An unusual double-stelae obelisk with ancient and mysterious origins.

Hundreds of intricately carved Armenian stone crosses can be found within this huge cemetery.

Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.

This little medieval church hidden in the center of Yerevan was lost and rediscovered—twice.

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.

The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.

This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.

A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.

Two whaling vessels that were sunk by an anti-whaling organization in 1986 now sit on the shore of this beautiful fjord.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

Deep in the forest of northern Denmark, this secret underground bunker was built at the height of the Cold War.

The castle used by the Danish Royal Family as a hunting retreat.

A unique, modernist church tower that appears to float above the ground.