Places jules Wants to Go

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

This ordinary street was made infamous by a legendary visit from the devil.

The English bed-and-breakfast believed to have inspired Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights."

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

Amazingly, this centuries-old wooden monastery is still standing today.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

A former fortified tower now houses a collection of classic communications equipment.

This Bronze Age burial mound used to be called "Robin Hood’s Piss-Pot" until it was renamed by spoilsport Victorians.

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

Perched above the bustling town of Kerak is a sprawling, ruinous castle that has witnessed nearly a millennia of Levantine history.

Dozens of elegant ceramic tiles decorate these ancient walls, each displaying the Lord's Prayer in a different language.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

A short volcanic hill in Quito doubles as a stellar observation point of an iconic statue.

A cluster of historic bathhouses built on the famed hot springs that gave the Georgian capital its name.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

Once part of an ancient international harbor, it's now an all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet for flamingos and other water birds.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.