Places Ruben Stemple Wants to Go

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

The centuries-old crosses "growing" in the cemetery are steeped in local lore and are believed to have healing powers.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

A massive wintry wall of snow up to 66 feet tall flanks a highway through Japan's mountains.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

This museum in a shuttered train station remembers the island's forgotten rail system.

A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

Some locals believe the fabled lost gold of General Yamashida is hiding somewhere beneath the city.