Places Ruben Stemple Wants to Go

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.

A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.

A controversial artwork draws attention to the dark history of Prague's "Suicide Bridge."

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

Every half hour the eye-rolling clock face sticks out its tongue to mock the good citizens of Koblenz.

A fascinating little museum all about the rich history of Peru’s famous plant.

An archive of nearly every day of Buckminster Fuller's life.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.

An important landmark in the history of algebraic logic.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

An awe-inspiring giant blue whale jaw bone stands in the center of this Dutch island.

A plaque outside the San Jose airport commemorates the insect's arrival to the West Coast.

After a 2004 tsunami, this stranded boat was left in place.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.