Places Jonathann Gougnon Wants to Go

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

This 317-ton walkable art installation is an homage to Korea's "City of Steel."

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.

This abandoned mansion has a window for every day of the year, and is a temple for ghost hunters.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

This cruise ship-turned-warship sank during World War II, and is now a world-renowned dive site.

An enormous white temple that honors the birthplace of a Hindu goddess.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.

One of the techniques used to construct this 1797 mill was later incorporated into modern skyscrapers.

Stockholm's famed ghost train is now on display at an art park in northern Sweden.

This historic cemetery built for victims of the epidemics that swept Guadalajara is shrouded in macabre tales.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A shrine dedicated to a 10th-century samurai emperor, whose head is not buried on site (contrary to popular belief).

One of the oldest suspension bridges in the world blends in perfectly with a medieval castle.

Hundreds of medieval Islamic gravestones decorate the mountainous landscape in the largest cemetery in Turkey.

The most impressive example of contemporary Romanian architecture in wood

A mere dot on the map in the great north woods is the first place in America to vote in Presidential elections.

An elaborate Roman funerary monument dedicated to the family of Scipio.

Every year, people come together to cover this mud-brick mosque with a fresh layer of earth.

Thousands of rock-cut tombs fill the cliffs of this Sicilian nature preserve.

A serene memorial that honors the adventurous spirits of climbers who lost their lives in the High Tatras.

Despite the name, this 16th-century structure in Galway wasn't built by the Spanish.

A 20,000-year-old fossilized forest is preserved at this unique museum.