Places jules Wants to Go

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A half-century-old handmade dim sum joint opens daily at 3:00 a.m.

An entire shopping mall and industrial terrain named for the time the king of Sweden's car went into a ditch.

The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.

A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.

A little-known occurrence of fossil wood in northern Washoe County, Nevada, near the Black Rock Desert.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.

The only restaurant serving indigenous foods from the Amazon.

This public bathroom takes the form of a 19th-century lighthouse that once stood on the spot.

During the dry season, this white-sand beach hosts thousands of breeding butterflies.

Honorable ranks graduating from the prestigious Army War College work hard to maintain their high standards of honor and erase those who don't.

Featuring Torres Strait Islander cuisine and Australia's first indigenous bar.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

The longest covered bridge in Delaware.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.

This settlement on the original Transcontinental Railroad began by harvesting timber, but transitioned to a forgotten 19th-century industry: harvesting ice.

This rock was donated to the museum by an inspired young visitor.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

Known as the birthplace of Korean Buddhism, this temple features an ancient, five-story stone pagoda.

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.