Places Jonathann Gougnon Wants to Go

Photographs of the faces of the town's dead cover the walls of this small Italian church.

This enigmatic Iberian sculpture of uncertain origin may have once guarded a burial site.

The resolution to a case that had gone cold for 120 years, found on an old piece of wood.

This impressive gate is the only remaining remnant of a Spanish naval station.

A historic cavernous cistern lies hidden behind a wall at San Marino’s stamp and coin museum.

This grandiose staircase was part of the revival of a medieval Spanish architectural style combining Christian and Islamic influences.

After several centuries as the home of coastal defenses, this island is full of history—and maybe ghosts.

A single block in this stone staircase to the temple is mysteriously always wet.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

Dedicated to the works of the legendary special effects artist.

Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha spent 18 years creating these monumental paintings of Slavic history and mythology.

Locals pay their respects at a shrine to soccer player Diego Maradona—which claims to contain a real lock of his hair.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

Here lies Hattori Hanzō, a samurai who is remembered as a legendary ninja in today’s popular culture.

One of the youngest whisky distilleries in Scotland may also be the country’s oldest.

A road runs through the middle of this small Austrian chapel.

An impressive site containing some of the earth’s rarest living fossils.

People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

This prefabricated building was built in Belgium and shipped to Mozambique but was never inhabited, since its iron exterior was unsuitable for the tropical environment.

Remote and wild, Kinnarodden is the northernmost point of mainland Europe.

With a history stretching back to the 16th century, this pub has a few stories to tell.

Once a luxurious flagship of the Soviet Union, this Brutalist structure remains a landmark of Tashkent’s communist past.

The bones of prehistoric animals and early signs of human habitation have been found inside Malta's "cave of darkness."