Places jimmyjazz Wants to Go

A large measuring stick marks the lowest point of a country that is partially under sea level.

A 17th-century doorway in a small Sabine village is a portal into the mysteries of alchemy.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

This church, better known for its weeping portrait of the Virgin Mary, also houses the world's oldest existing piece of taxidermy.

A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.

A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.

A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.