Places Jonathann Gougnon Wants to Go

For two decades in the 13th century, the papacy operated from this palace in central Italy, which served as the site of the first—and longest—papal election conclave in history.

The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.

Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.

One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.

Welcome to a starkly beautiful sanctuary where the buffalo roam.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

These terracotta heads are among the oldest Iron Age objects found south of the equator.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

Historic harpsichords, clavichords, organs, pianos, and more inside a deconsecrated church.

Burial site of the notorious Chicago gangster.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Bali’s Mother Temple, a breathtaking complex that rises serenely up the side of an active volcano.

A Cold War atomic camp buried under the ice is now emerging because of global warming.

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.

This abandoned concrete building was once hailed as an innovative architectural marvel, originally built to store sugar.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

Welcome to the greenest place in Greenland.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.