Places riedermarcus Wants to Go

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

A taste of the 15th century in the bustling heart of the modern Shinjuku City.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

An East German time capsule caters to nostalgic Germans and curious tourists.

This is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Vlad III Dracul.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

A ticket to this nostalgia-soaked arcade comes with free play on more than 40 classic games.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.