Paris, France
'Les Spécialistes' Fake Door
This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.
Places Ruben Stemple Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New York, New York
The Manhattan Eruv
This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Fluorescent Rocks of Sterling Hill Mine
Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.
Permanently Closed
Surses, Switzerland
Juliertheatre
A tower-like theater in the Swiss Alps built to withstand the high winds and avalanches of the mountain pass.
Washington, D.C.
Knife Edge
Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.
London, England
London Transport Museum Depot
The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.
Dublin, Ireland
The Hungry Tree
An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.
Eufaula, Alabama
The Tree That Owns Itself
An autonomous oak in Alabama.
Salisbury, England
The Skeletons of Stonehenge
Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.
Fenwick Island, Delaware
Discoversea Shipwreck Museum
A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.
Onsted, Michigan
Prehistoric Forest Amusement Park
The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.
Washington, D.C.
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.
Salzburg, Austria
Meteorological Pillar of the 19th Century
The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.
Minnesota
Grassy Point Railroad Bridge
A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.
Tennille, Georgia
Pig Monument
An odd and heartwarming stone marker enshrines the moment a community saved a farmer's pig that fell in a well.
Washington, D.C.
Sharpshooter's Tree
A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.
Bușteni, Romania
The Mountain Sphinx
Conspiracy theories and occult legends surround this mysterious natural rock formation.
New York, New York
Statue of Liberty's Original Torch
Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.
Taunggyi, Myanmar
Floating Gardens of Inle Lake
A series of tiny artificial islands rich with produce bob atop the surface of the lake.
Washington, D.C.
Ruins of the Columbian Cannon Foundry
These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.
Baltimore, Maryland
The Horse You Came In On Saloon
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
Dublin, Ireland
Oratory of the Sacred Heart
A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.
Almaly, Kazakhstan
Bayzhansay Ghost Town
An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.
Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Foote Rodman Guns
A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.
