Places bryanwoerner Wants to Go

Indiana's oldest sternwheel paddleboat has been plying the placid waters of Webster Lake for 90 years.

For over 20 years, Lil Toot has delighted guests with narrated boat rides between Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor, becoming a beloved local legend and top-rated experience for visitors.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

The memorial stands at the intersection of the rivers Morava and Danube.

It's believed human settlements from the Palaeolithic Age were established not far from this canyon.

Dedicated to a veritable Houdini among P.O.W.s who escaped imprisonment on five separate occasions.

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

A brass and marble scale model of the solar system embedded in the concrete.

A museum that houses a collection of stenography machines plus dozens of books, photographs, and guides to shorthand languages from around the world.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

These unique "earth pyramid" clay columns can be found in ravines around the village of Tirolo.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

Unknown to many, this sparkling turquoise lake hides amid Oregon's snowcapped mountains.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

The oldest covered railroad bridge still standing in the United States.

This copy of the famous Prague Astronomical Clock is the result of one man's passion project.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

Visitors to this museum will uncover a whimsical collection of marbles from across time.