Places Sarah Jones Wants to Go

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.

A vast personal collection of World War II artifacts unearthed over many years by a father-son duo.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

This phantom island appeared on maps for over a century before amateur radio enthusiasts beat Google Earth to the punch in its "undiscovery."

"The country that ate itself."

A remote coral island with a gristly history of shipwreck, battles, and a horrendous war crime.

A desperate final message left by a POW on the run serves as a memorial for himself and the 97 that died with him.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

In ancient times, these fallen standing stones supported a massive house.

The pits used to load the nuclear bombs onto the aircraft that dropped them over Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.

A gorgeous gem on the ocean.

A crystal clear beach surrounded by beautiful coral reefs.

The underground hideout of a Japanese soldier for whom World War II ended in 1972.

Located on Guam's south shore, this small cave is named for an ancient and powerful Chamorro Chief.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.

A completely underwater art museum sends a stark message about humans' impact on the environment.

This massive fiberglass Gulliver turns every visitor into a Lilliputian.

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”

A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.