Places Ruben Stemple Wants to Go

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

A tribute to a man who defied the Nazis until his last breath.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

This Croatian computer club features such gaming relics as the infamous Virtual Boy and an 8-bit Pacman machine.

The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.

The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.

Acres of salt crystal pyramids dry in the sun along Thailand's "salt road."

The last permanent exhibit dedicated to the Soviet leader.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

A scenic overlook of a pit mine hundreds of meters deep filled with blue water.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

The cardinal directions, set in stone.

A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.

A gravestone marks where a man's lost limb was laid to rest.

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.

The statue's head is one of the few fragments of the original Urakami Cathedral to survive the atomic bomb.

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.