Places Ju An Wants to Go

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

A curious cave church carved into the face of a cliff.

This hydrochronometer was invented by a Dominican monk and is a prime feature in this garden.

Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.

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

Dine on ceviche tacos in the sea at this floating restaurant only accessible by boat.

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

The hike to this stunning waterfall on a black sand beach is not for the faint of heart.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.

Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

The narrow passages will challenge even the bravest driver.

A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

An unusual sand beach in the middle of a forest.

This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.