Places Ruben Stemple Wants to Go

This Oaxacan town is known for its colorful fantastical creatures hand-carved by local artisans.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

A vast collection of rare, historical, and vintage supercomputers.

This interpretive path lets you get up close and personal with dinosaur bones.

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

This serene bamboo walkway allows Buddhist monks from remote temples access to the nearby village.

This is one really big nut.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

The excellent Swiss museum of witchcraft is led by a modern witch.

This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

The last gas works in England and Wales details how people once extracted the resource from coal.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

An overlooked tribute to one of the most important peace deals in American history.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.