Places Sarah Jones Wants to Go

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

Small ship votives hang from the vaulted ceiling of this port-side church with a Latin inscription on the wall.

The biggest museum dedicated to insects in North America, one of the largest in the world.

Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

Immortalized in bronze, this frazzled student will be glued to his screen for centuries.

This crumbling industrial fortress has attracted daredevils, filmmakers, and historians.

This mesmerizing kinetic sculpture blossoms endlessly in the breeze.

One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.

Canada's largest graveyard boasts a lot of noteworthy artifacts as well as its own computerized mapping service.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.