Places Ian Hall Wants to Go

Tucked away in an unassuming cemetery lies the grave of Georges Nagelmackers, the founder of the Compagnie des wagons-lits (and thus, of the Orient Express).

Behind a row of ordinary D.C. houses hides a labyrinth of interconnected art galleries filled with unusual treasures and outsider art.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

St. John's Episcopal Church is one of seven remaining churches with a complete collection of Tiffany Windows.

Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.

Reachable only by foot, the ruins of the 1800s pump house and dam that supplied water to Durham, North Carolina, until 1927 sit by the scenic Eno River.

A place like gnome other.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

The ruins of a 19th-century mill are hidden along a greenway in a prominent Charlotte neighborhood.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

This steam locomotive served as both an interesting static display and unique playground equipment since 1959.

It is the oldest remaining stairway William Penn created to give Philadelphia citizens access to the port area.

The Pulitzer Prize winning writer and actor from “The Exorcist,” Jason Miller, is immortalized with a statue that contains his ashes.

Walk through a well-preserved World War II Nazi prison and transit camp.

The museum is located in one of the two remaining military gymnasiums left in the United States.

This remarkable 125-year-old building has survived a bank heist, a rooftop dragon, and more than a century of changing businesses; today, it lives on as FairyCross Bottle Shop.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

The entire history of Mack Trucking Company in one place along with vintage and experimental vehicles, movie props, and engineering archives from over 100 of building vehicles.

As the oldest natural history museum in the Americas, these halls contain everything from dinosaur bones to biological samples collected by Lewis and Clark.