Places Ruben Stemple Wants to Go

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

A medieval fountain lined with 99 unique stone faces whose origins and meaning remain unknown.

A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.

The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

The final resting place of one member of the Amistad slave revolt who never made it back home.

Legions of Roman soldiers bathed in this ancient spa complex under a Budapest transit station.

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The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

A small token of gratitude from freezing cold journalists who were given a warm haven while covering JFK's inauguration.

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Senators used to relax in the nearly forgotten marble tubs now hidden in the U.S. Capitol Building's basement.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.