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Ruben Stemple

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I have loved traveling for years, especially to places that are not the usual tourist destinations.

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The location of the first gas street lamp.

Newport, Rhode Island

Location of the First Gas Street Lamp

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

Will Scarlet's Grave.

Blidworth, England

Will Scarlet's Grave

A mysterious medieval monument said to mark the final resting place of Robin Hood’s henchman.

Tommy the Turtle.

Bottineau, North Dakota

Tommy the Turtle

The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.

Looking up to the glass floor.

Athens, Greece

Roman Tomb in Zara

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

The labyrinth.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Harvard Divinity School Labyrinth

This hidden labyrinth offers walkers some brief peace of mind.

Bethlehem.

Calhoun, Georgia

Rock Garden Calhoun

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

Foreign Correspondents Club in Phnom Penh
Permanently Closed

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Foreign Correspondents Club

Originally a meeting place for foreign correspondents and war reporters, the FCC remains an atmospheric spot for sunset drinks in Phnom Penh.

Original puppets from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Original Puppets from 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

Petroglyphs.

Clear Fork, West Virginia

Luther Elkins Petroglyphs

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

The Preamble in License Plates

Washington, D.C.

The Preamble in License Plates

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Cheylesmore Manor Gatehouse

Coventry, England

Cheylesmore Manor Gatehouse

All that remains of the medieval palace of the famous "Black Prince."

Moulton Crow Men.

Moulton, England

Moulton Crow Fair

Every July, men dressed as giant crows dance around a scarecrow who comes to life.

Factory Butte with morning light.

Torrey, Utah

Factory Butte

A striking, menacing sandstone peak towering above a landscape that's equal parts Mordor and the Moon.

Giant carrots.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Food Gatherers' Giant Carrots

The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.

Oreshek Fortress

Shlisselburg, Russia

Oreshek Fortress

An abandoned 14th-century castle and prison complex on a small island in the Neva River.

Oh, hello!

Bhimashankar, India

India's Giant Technicolor Squirrels

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.

The underground bookstore.

Sonora, California

Legends Books, Antiques & Soda Fountain

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

The crypt.

Schwerin, Germany

The Ducal Family Crypt in the Church of St. Nikolai

Seventeen members of the local royal family are interred in this Baroque church in northern Germany.

The cafe is known for its excellent drip coffee.

Seoul, South Korea

Coffee Hanyakbang

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

Computer-generated image of Le Grand K.

Saint-Cloud, France

Le Grand K

The former global standard for the exact mass of one kilogram sits under lock and key outside Paris.

The Ronning Burl

Port McNeill, British Columbia

The Ronning Burl

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

Seaform Pavilion.

Tacoma, Washington

Bridge of Glass

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

D.W. Correll Museum

Catoosa, Oklahoma

D.W. Correll Museum

It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.

The amphitheater.

Caerleon, Wales

Caerleon Amphitheatre

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

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