Places jules Wants to Go

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

One of Mexico's rare urban natural parks features waterfalls and a working fish farm.

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

When struck, the strange stones in this park ring like bells.

Tucked in the back of a flower shop, its collection details the fascinating history of the Netherlands's iconic symbol.

The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

This outsider art paradise is filled with dinosaur sculptures crafted from recycled machinery.

This edgy museum will whet your appetite for the industrial history of Western New York.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

The first fresco Diego Rivera painted in the United States can be found in the former San Francisco Stock Exchange.

The interior of this Serbian royal family's mausoleum is covered with exquisite mosaics.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

The plaques around this 19th-century structure recall some rather strange tales.

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

One of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.

The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.