Places jules Wants to Go

This historic rec center in the heart of Israel is a bastion of peace and togetherness.

One of only two towns in Israel populated by Circassians, a sect of Sunni Muslims who are also devoted to Israeli military service.

Traditional Bedouin crafting has become an official tourist site and successful industry for its female craftspeople.

This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.

Shoes and revealing shirts are not allowed inside this giant Vietnamese Christ.

Once swallowed by flood waters, this village has emerged as an eerie shadow of its former self.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.

A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.

These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.

The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.

This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

A giant Jesus statue watches over the city of Saltillo from the top of a mountain.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.

This huge industrial sculpture looks like a UFO and a factory had a baby.