Places Ruben Stemple Wants to Go

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

The world’s largest underground marble quarry is hiding in Vermont.

The remains of the wrecked steam trawler can be found on the beach at low tide.

This beacon for pre-radar pilots once guided Charles Lindbergh to a safe touchdown in Tulsa.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

A unique gallery chronicles the losers of American presidential history.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

The wood bears a hidden love note carved by a young Johnny Cash.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

The sand is such a bright white that on sunny days you practically need sunglasses to look at the ground.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.