Places Ruben Stemple Wants to Go

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

This quirky museum will make you question everything, including the shape of the planet.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

The rusted hull of a WWII German destroyer pokes above the surface in a Norwegian fjord.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

Ernest Hemingway was the first to sign this colorful wall covered in thousands of celebrity signatures.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

A collection of beautiful crystals shaped like freshly plucked roses.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.