Places jvail Wants to Go

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.

This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.

Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

A pair of 7-foot legs belonging to the military man of the Mayflower stand jauntily by the side of the road.

Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.

Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

This spaceship sculpture in the middle of the Slovakian capital looks like it just crash-landed.