Places pamelajoon Wants to Go

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

This French chateau is home to the world’s largest private collection of fighter jets.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

The oldest house of worship in Palm Beach has a wonderful tropical garden.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."