Places Ju An Wants to Go

Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.

A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.

Portugal’s highest lighthouse has one of the most impressive focal planes in the world.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

Over 400,000 birds spend their summers nesting on this small Arctic island.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

A former coastal watch post has been turned into a bothy with unrivaled views of the sea and its inhabitants.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

A well-preserved sheepherding camp now lies in the heart of the Granite Chief Wilderness, in the high Sierra Nevada.

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

This well-traveled chess park offers scenic views of the pacific and a colorful, eclectic clientele.

Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

This landmark church at the Flathead Reservation mission features 58 ceiling and wall frescoes painted by the mission's cook.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.