Places Ruben Stemple Wants to Go

This 15-story mural celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musician's iconic "At Folsom Prison" album.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

The enormous isokinetic structure hangs within a science center in Estonia.

A carved bench marks the Scottish cave that inspired the classic adventure novel "Treasure Island."

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

This small town's local tradition is to create the world's tallest ice pillar.

The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.

The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."

A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.

This biographical museum honors the groundbreaking scientist at her birthplace in Warsaw.