Places Jonathann Gougnon Wants to Go

These rugged, color-stained mountains hold the secrets of the Kazakh desert.

Padre Delgado, a leader in the fight for Salvadoran independence, is buried in this stunning Brutalist cathedral.

A remote, centuries-old underground mosque with a lunar aesthetic.

A monument tucked within a suburban neighborhood commemorates the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean.

A preserved relic of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and a center of Swedish American Culture.

This fortified town dating back to the 1400s is often described as an open-air museum and is a protected National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Construction of this bridge was once described as an "act of violence" against a neighboring country.

A scattered cemetery of medieval tombstones, each carved with indivdual patterns and scenes, overlooking a bright blue lake.

This impressive coastal fortress was destroyed before it was finished.

This unique museum showcases the largest collection of Al-Qatt Al-Asiri art, a traditional wall painting style adopted by the people in the Asir Mountains of Saudi Arabia.

Since its accidental discovery in 1977, this sarcophagus has been described as "the greatest masterpiece of Merovingian sculpture north of the Alps."

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

Unrefined, uneven, and unstable—this is the real McCoy of Pakistani suspension bridges.

A wooden prison doesn't sound like a good idea, yet this abandoned 1950s detention center still stands today.

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

Dive into an undersea optical illusion off the coast of Mauritius.

These boulders bear testimony to thousands of years of cultural exchange along this trading route.

Sweden's first Viking city is also the site of thousands of burial mounds.

In the 16th century, a Franciscan monk pulled off a construction miracle by building a Roman-style aqueduct to save the town of Otumba, Mexico, from certain death.

The only dome home to be owned or occupied by dome inventor Buckminster Fuller.

The only remaining wind-powered paper mill in the world.

Visit Europe's largest subterranean waterfall, carved by water from the glaciers of the towering peaks surrounding the valley.

Water gushes from the trunk of this miraculous mulberry tree about once a year.

The woman whose immortal cell line continues to shape scientific research was buried near her birthplace in a grave that was left unmarked for nearly 60 years.