Places Jonathann Gougnon Wants to Go

A phantasmagoric tomb honors a Belgian artist-scientist's contributions to the world of spooky entertainment.

An unsettling shrine dedicated to the ravenous beast that prowled 18th-century France.

A well-preserved 2nd century fort where moles are the archaeologists.

The spectacular geological formations make it one of the most impressive caves in Europe.

An enormous factory from the late 1800s sits abandoned on Cleveland eastside.

A network of ancient tunnels and vaulted chambers with mystical Buddhist reliefs, built for ascetic training.

A rattlesnake museum showcasing over 30 species, in a century-old building that used to be the general store in this tiny West Texas town.

This stone in Lake Geneva was once the reference point used to determine altitude in Switzerland.

A museum dedicated to one of Portugal's most celebrated writers.

This fortress-like monastery is covered with intricate frescoes.

The final resting place of soldiers who fell during the First and Second World Wars.

A surreal monument depicting a five-armed giant supporting a toppling cylinder seal.

Legend says those who drink from this trickle of water are destined to return to Montserrat.

This immaculate and historic water garden culminates in a massive stone dining table with an inset fountain for chilling the wine of the Cardinal's guests.

A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.

What might be the largest completely Jewish town in the world outside of Israel now faces dwindling numbers and empty streets.

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

The foundation of this ancient stupa dates back to the 1st-century.

This massive section of quay destroyed by an earthquake is preserved to remember the past.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

Is this cat asleep or just pretending?

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.