Places Ian Hall Wants to Go

At the end of a street is a statue with no indication as to why it was created.

War prevented this Polish composer's body from being returned to his home country for 51 years. Though his ashes eventually made it home, his heart stayed behind.

Local lore surrounds this unusual stone.

This fourth-generation family business is reviving West Virginia's historic tradition of salt-making.

The 18th-century inspiration behind Harry Potter's Sorting Hat.

A doctor had this large tub carved into rocks to facilitate easier seawater bathing.

A wonderous place devoted to art and metal.

Dedicated to the Father of the British Fire Service.

A brother statue swap has adorned this building's facade for centuries.

An abandoned military bunker that has been transformed into an artist's paradise.

Since the 1930s, this Pennsylvania town has celebrated the humble tomato.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

This museum-within-a-museum pays tribute to "The World's Most Experienced Airline."

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Designed by the company that provided water to the entire community.

A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

A 19th-century Neoclassical building now housing a Hindu temple represents modern-day Glasgow at its most multicultural.

This ordinary-looking rock may have played an important role in a 16th-century Scottish battle.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

These ruins saw a second life as a cemetery.

A unique sculpture designed to raise stroke awareness.

The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

Intricate metal sculpture that's half gothic cathedral, half construction equipment.