Places Jonathann Gougnon Wants to Go

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.

A powerful cyclone once made one of the world's largest sinkholes completely fill with water.

A red-brick former uranium-ore sorting facility, located within a communist-era forced-labour camp.

It is an ancient giant’s grave!

The ominously named cave is home to some remarkable ancient art.

In Costa Rica's cloud forest, the roots of a woody ficus create a botanical bridge.

The grand triumphs and bloody tragedies of the French Revolution all trace their way back to this unassuming tennis court.

Tucked away near Gainesville, Lubee Bat Conservancy invites visitors to discover the surprising personalities of giant fruit bats while learning how protecting these misunderstood animals helps preserve forests around the world.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The largest known adobe office building, emulating in style and layout the forms of traditional adobe architecture common to the region.

This sculpture pays homage to sailors that perished attempting to round Cape Horn.

A tribute to a Hollywood icon far from Tinseltown.

It's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.

Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.

A museum dedicated to all things tea-related, housed in Hong Kong’s oldest remaining Greek Revival building.

The only town in the world with two exclamation points in its name.

Walk through a well-preserved World War II Nazi prison and transit camp.

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.

Just in case you need some cold cash at the top of the world.

This genuine, blood red Jolly Roger was captured off the North African coast in 1790 by Admiral Richard Curry.