Places RHF Wants to Go

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

These impressively detailed battle scenes depict the violence and tragedy of war in miniature.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

The beautiful 16th-century stepwell lies in the shadow of a famous fortress.

The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

This ruined fort and statue are a testament to the last king of Kaua‘i’s savvy diplomacy skills, which briefly brought Russians to Hawai‘i.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

Visitors to this public park will also find the ruins of an old western fort.

Enjoy fresh-baked bread and fish from a repurposed Portuguese fortress.

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

A unique collection of gilded age mechanical pianos.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.