Places Jonathann Gougnon Wants to Go

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.

The oldest museum in Mumbai.

Old-style open-air cages bringing you from Gubbio’s city center to the San'Ubaldo Basilica.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

Looking for a crappy restaurant? Pull up a porcelain bowl and enjoy your meal.

15 monolithic temples emulate an eroding sand castle.

Local legend has it that the first humans were created in the pools here, leaving their footprints behind in the rock.

This igloo-shaped landmark in Iqaluit serves as the seat of the Diocese of the Arctic.