Places Ruben Stemple Wants to Go

A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.

The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

In 1787, a group of delegates met at this very spot to drink, be merry, and ratify the Constitution of the United States.

This suburban British town holds secrets that would have made the druids proud.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

The only American museum exclusively dedicated to the exhibition of gloves.

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

The portrait of a man from Japan who sent weekly letters to a Dutch hotel he never visited.

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.

An outdoor installation of 20 vintage signs that once hung in front of businesses throughout town.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.