Places jules Wants to Go

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

A single column facing the sea is all that's left of one of the most important temples of Magna Graecia.

This small monument to the great inventor contains a time capsule and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.

This influential Renaissance-era library was once the haunt of kings and monks.

Meet the oldest inhabitants of this Italian hamlet, a series of oddly preserved mummies.

This Roman amphitheatre was also the location of the first gladiator school.

Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

This Bhutanese site is one of eight sacred locales established by a revered 14th-century Buddhist master.

The largest of Denmark's seven mysterious round churches stands on an island in the Baltic Sea.

Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.

The oldest colonial fortress in the Americas was once the home and later prison of Christopher Columbus.

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.

Contrary to what its name suggests, you won't find any bunnies here.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

The decaying remains of a once-luxurious Soviet spa town.

A scale model of the world's largest existing lensed telescope.