Places jules Wants to Go

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

Nature and religion are reunited at this unconventional church in the forest.

Marvel at the excessive luxury of the ousted Ukrainian president's former estate.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.

A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.

Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.

A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

Thousands of letters to Santa get delivered to this mailbox in Greenland.

An abandoned boat that's been stranded mysteriously for decades.

A beautiful display of nearly 50 bells crafted with a unique design and distinct sound.

These Japanese gardens are blankets of light for dark winter nights.

Hidden treasures belonging to Mongolia's most revered and multi-talented monk spent decades buried in the Gobi desert.

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

Huge herds of Asian elephants can be seen walking, bathing, and just chilling at this Sri Lankan park.

A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.