Places Ju An Wants to Go

The last of its kind in the country.

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

A remote lodge nestled among some of the world's best-preserved rainforests.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

Underground monastery and fortress.