Places jules Wants to Go

Africa's Venice on stilts.

No longer the only, but definitely the oldest, fountain in Greenland.

Guerilla gardeners reclaimed this abandoned railroad land literally putting down roots.

This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

The remnants of a record-setting industrial bucket system can still be found dotting the Swedish countryside.

Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

Tucked away in the Leiden city hall are a group of works by famed artist MC Escher.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

One Greenland town turned itself into an open air sculpture gallery with the help of a series of traditional stone artworks.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

Go inside a revolutionary, cage-less zoo where 35 species live and some of them roam free alongside their human visitors.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

When a conglomerate of visionary startups commandeer a disused Greek Orthodox Church, zaniness ensues.

One man and his wife have turned a barren Korean island into a fantastical botanical wonderland.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

This trio of stone spires claims to be the only preserved medieval execution site in Europe.

"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).