Places Ju An Wants to Go

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

This short pedestrian span is also known as the "Fairy Walking Bridge" because it looks almost magical.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Away from the crowds of fishing enthusiasts, take a hike deep into the woods and journey into an eerie darkness.

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.

This vanilla farm serves its crops at an on-site café.

The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.

Massive sinkholes on a mountain in one of the most remote places in Venezuela.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

In this tiny Iranian town playing on the roof isn't just encouraged, it's the only place to go.

An autonomous republic of Orthodox monks.

Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

The only residents of this abandoned housing development full of identical castles are stray cats and dogs.

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

A prison tower–like edifice honoring a beloved local benefactor.

It's believed that this small church was connected to the Hagia Sophia via a secret tunnel.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."