Places Ruben Stemple Wants to Go

This Catskills museum preserves stumps from the earliest known fossil forest on Earth.

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

Rumored to have been frequented by Vincent van Gogh, it's the only remaining genever producer in the Hague.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

A roadside attraction filled with an astounding array of gloriously wacky vehicles.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

The idyllic island where the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau spent “the happiest time of his life.”

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Every September, international competitors flock to the flooded quarries of a tiny Scottish island.

From afar it looks like someone's hat blew into the water, but closer inspection reveals a giant floating sculpture.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

A 90-ton, gravity-defiant steam locomotive shoots for the skies in this bizarrely beautiful public artwork.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

The final resting place of one of Hollywood’s most prolific and talented actors is on the grounds of a California Mission.

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.