Places riedermarcus Wants to Go

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

Canada’s longest cave system is home to creatures found nowhere else on the planet, as well as rare cave pearls.

One couple’s bespoke castle is one of Pittsburgh's most fashionable dining spots. 

The oldest floral clock in the world still functions today.

Richly symbolic public artworks that have been reconfigured for the 21st century.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.

A haunting medieval cloister that once served as the friars’ burial ground.

At this Austin dive bar, it's been Christmas every day for more than 50 years.

A bold and controversial statue of a Christmas icon, blending adult undertones with playful humor, stands year-round in a traffic circle.

In a fusion of myth and mischief, this statue is a testament to this university's quest for both knowledge and pleasure

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

The railroad turning train travel into a cinematic, highly immersive experience has a fascinating connection to Game of Thrones.

Where European elegance met riverside leisure in early 20th-century Pennsylvania. 

This cave complex might provide a link between the Neolithic and the Classical Greek period.

Descend into the world’s longest-running deep anthracite coal mine.