Places Ian Hall Wants to Go

Tiny sculptures hidden in plain sight miniatures in Namur.

Perhaps the smallest monument dedicated to one of Great Britain's longest serving monarchs.

This Scottish tollhouse was a destination for clandestine marriages in the 18th and 19th centuries.

This metal monument marking the middle of Belgium represents three regions coming together to form one country.

View roughly 7,000 books amassed over decades by the author and avid bibliophile.

Erected in memory of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was born close to this spot, this statue commemorates the author and his famous detective.

This unassuming stone bollard is a centuries-old marker denoting the center of the city.

A curious stone in a public square commemorates the victims of witch-burning.

Rejoice at Amsterdam's ‘pop temple,’ a former church reborn as a raucous music venue.

A sculpture dedicated to this town’s rich shipbuilding heritage.

The geographic midpoint of the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium.

This is the cabin from which John Brown and his men launched their fateful war to end slavery on October 16, 1859.

An exceptional engineering feat that facilitates the migration of salmon upstream during their breeding season.

A warning against "the demon drink" adorns the northwest entrance of Glasgow Green.

A ghostly cabin attempts to reverse the erasure of enslaved people through poetry.

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.

This giant foot is all that remains of a massive concrete play structure that once stood on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

The radio station that's been promising to make love to you for the last 15 years—if you happen to be on one specific block in suburban New Jersey.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

A history of the U.S. military, with a focus on Pennsylvania's contributions.

The legacy of the Ohio-founded Fostoria Glass Company lives on in West Virginia.

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen's airship docked here before leading the first-ever flight over the North Pole.

The road plays 30 seconds of the Marine’s Hymn when driving over the grooved pavement.

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.