Places Jes Wants to Go

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

This public library and its impressive collection of academic books have not changed since the 17th century.

This Dutch statue is a monument to the fictional shrew who brought doom to the city of Stavoren.

This stately council chamber hasn't changed since 1545.

An ancient Egyptian temple sits within a modern European museum.

A late-medieval Dutch castle with trick fountains in its whimsical water gardens.

For the holidays, the tallest broadcasting tower in the Netherlands turns into one of the world's tallest Christmas trees.

Scale model of St. Peter's Cathedral (Rome) in the middle of a small Dutch town.

A rare tour of an aristocrat's private home reveals valuable 17th-century paintings from artists like Rembrandt.

Lombardy poplars planted to imitate the size and shape of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims.

Visit the ancient, mysterious Roman catacombs ... in the Netherlands.

The tallest waterfall in the Netherlands is a lovely, stepped feature that is only 50 feet tall.

This miniature take on the Kremlin is one Dutch man's retirement project.

A historic observatory now an astronomy museum beautifully situated at the moat of the Middle Age city centre.

A seven-century-old jail tells a not-so-pleasant history of crime and punishment.

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.