Places ranapax Wants to Go

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

A museum of anything and everything Stooge.

The final resting place of the Hollywood star who came to a tragic end.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.