Places jljogan Wants to Go

The national park was once a plantation estate.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.

A former steam-powered mill from the 1800s is now an industrial park with a giant steel dragon slide.

One of Europe's largest supercomputers is housed inside of a disused chapel.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.