Places jordank Wants to Go

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

Twice a year, this Orkney town hosts a rowdy game of medieval mob football.

Hundreds of huge, centuries-old horseshoes adorn the walls of this nontraditional 12th-century castle.

During an annual Catholic feast in this tiny Spanish village, men dressed as devils leap over rows of babies to cleanse them of sin.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

A curious memento mori hangs in the magnificent Cathedral of Segovia.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

Half-eaten food on display at an English café.

Three members of Syria's ruling family entombed in quiet mountain town.

A Bronze Age stone ship said to be the grave of the mythical founder of Gotland.

A surprisingly detailed model of one of the most powerful telescopes in the world.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

The adorable animals return to this nature reserve every fall to give birth to their pups.

A small Japanese village claims to be the final resting place of the son of God (and God's other son's ear).

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.