Places jules Wants to Go

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

One of the world's largest collections of pharmaceutical artifacts.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

Home to 200 plaster casts of Scandinavian proboscises.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.