Places Ruben Stemple Wants to Go

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

This Minnesota-shaped forest is actually located in the state it is shaped like.

A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.

The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

Artifacts fill the old headquarters of the hugely influential political movement to ban alcohol in the United States.

An ingenious Dutch land art project uses grass ridges to cut airport noise pollution in half.

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

A slingshot from this delightful collection is awarded each year to someone who has "pulled metaphorical slings in favor of the weak and marginalized."

These ornate manhole covers were used for a now-forgotten purpose.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

During Prohibition, the U.S. Congress had an "official" bootlegger, with his own Capitol Hill office.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

A small village in two different countries.