Places theloniusjaz Wants to Go

This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

These Finnish rapids have been attracting tourists for over a hundred years and are now released with the push of a button.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

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

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

Naturally formed rock city in Poland.

These eight mummies are the best-preserved human remains ever discovered in North America.

This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

This grounded passenger jet is now a restaurant, complete with rows of seats and “flight attendant” servers.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

In this tiny Iranian town playing on the roof isn't just encouraged, it's the only place to go.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.