Places JennyG Wants to Go

The forlorn remains of a late Cold War radar installation are decaying in the Oregon desert

This narrow cave is revered in Japan as the womb of Mount Fuji.

This deserted island off the coast of Philadelphia is only visitable a few days every year; once industrialized, it is now an ecological marvel.

An architectural anomaly that preserves the chilling history of medieval ascetics who chose to be buried alive.

As the oldest structure in Harris County, this 200-year-old frontier cabin stands in the literal shadow of downtown Houston’s massive skyscrapers.

Tucked away on Somerville Avenue is a curated mycological gallery.

A commemoration of child soldiers during a fearful battle of the Civil War.

The Pickle Guys stand as a salt-stained holdout of the Lower East Side’s historic pushcart culture.

The longest surviving wooden trackway complex in Europe dates back to Iron Age Ireland

Holy relic of a girl in communion attire inside the cathedral of Guadalajara

Limestone caves in the side of a hill associated with legends and the supernatural

A mysterious, almost perfectly circular floating island gyrating inside a likewise circular lake

One of only two exposed meteor impact craters in the United States

A rare statue representing a monk who peeled off his own face to show divinity

This atmospheric cavern on the hillside above picturesque Rydal Water is actually an old slate quarry

Sitting in a quiet field just west of Cardiff is a well-preserved megalithic burial chamber, topped with a 40-ton capstone

This uninhabited ghost village was evacuated during World War II to become an urban warfare training facility

Looking like something out of a fairytale, this tiny house was built over a stream to avoid paying land taxes

A rather creepy sign alludes to the bizarre and famous history of the "green children of Woolpit"

A 1920s navigation arrow for airmail is preserved right off Interstate 80 near the southern edge of the Great Salt Lake

An old copper mine in Plumas National Forest, formerly served by a tramway, seems to have been successfully remediated after years of acrimony and effort

This one-room school in the tiny railroad settlement of Elgin didn't close down until 1967

Built on the side of a mountain, this once poor village has been turned into the "Santorini of Korea"

A magnificent amphitheatre that once hosted gladiators is now considered the most significant in the entire region