Places Ian Hall Wants to Go

One of the world's oldest continually operating bookstores.

A bronze statue of a low three-legged seat commemorates a piece of furniture that started a riot.

The drawbridge used in the filming of the movie 'Annie' has been in the open position as it was in the movie for decades.

A ceramic postbox where visitors can post original poems and creative messages.

Beneath this headstone lie the severed body parts of three individuals who were caught up in a bloody period of Scottish history.

A nine-hole golf course in Pennsylvania hasn't charged a greens fee since its founding in 1914.

Step into the courtroom to learn details of the only case in history where ghostly testimony led to a murderer's conviction.

This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.

The longest staircase lock in Britain.

The private train station King Leopold II built for the Belgian royal family now lies abandoned.

The ruins of a world-renowned medieval hospital.

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

You might recognize this historic Oregon mansion from its appearance in 'The Goonies.'

The ruins of a defunct limestone quarry still haunt this Scottish promontory.

The ruins of a 15th-century tower house.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

A rare example of a Lowland broch.

Believed to be the capital of the the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata.

The ruins of a once-grand castle that played host to a tournament with 100,000 attendees.

Carved between 3500 and 1000 B.C., the distinctive carvings at this site are poorly understood.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

A beautifully-carved Pictish stone encased in a protective glass structure.

According to local legend, this church was built with two doors, so that residents of two rival villages had their own entrances.