Places Ian Engweiler Wants to Go

In addition to the usual gravestones, this Michigan cemetery features a birdhouse mausoleum and an Ark of the Covenant replica.

These statues pay homage to the "green corridor" of parks and wetlands.

This museum explores the history and development of dentistry and dental technology in Michigan.

Under Hanoi’s medieval citadel sits a secret military headquarters from the final years of the Vietnam War.

Drink and learn at this striking ode to coffee culture and history.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

The last sailing lobster boat in Maine is also likely New England's first zero-emissions commercial vessel.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

Bizarre Cavern.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

The world's northernmost flowers cling tenuously to life on desolate Kaffeklubben Island.