Places Jesse Wants to Go

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

A small, peaceful sculpture garden with a grim memorial to a disaster that took place a few blocks away.

A station built to repel pirates now attracts wealthy vacationers.

Associated with one of Japan's most famous fairy tales, this temple is home to a statue purportedly brought from the undersea palace of the Dragon God.

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

These mysterious petroglyphs in Vermont reflect a troubled history in the treatment of Native American culture.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

One of the only remaining vestiges of baseball's Negro Leagues in Atlanta.

The first successful human heart transplant is depicted through wax figures at the hospital where it the surgery took place.

From atop a hill at the center of Cape Town, a cannon has been signalling the time since 1806.

A growing popular hipster market with over 100 local specialties and live music.

The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

This risky summer festival honors a historic volcanic eruption.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This museum explores the history of policing and is also home to a very popular taxidermied duck.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.