Places natjam Wants to Go

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

This limestone cave offers an incredible view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

This historical Netherlands fortress still bears the marks of its single siege.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

Ancient man-made caves underneath small town Belgium.

MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.