Places riedermarcus Wants to Go

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

Around the perimeter of San Francisco’s second-largest park is a meandering 2.7-mile path designed to inspire contemplation.

Just off I-55 in McLean, Illinois, is a place where you can play over 100 arcade and pinball machines for 25-75 cents a pop.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Archaeologists continue to debate whether this site yielded the oldest human remains in Japan.

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

Perhaps the smallest monument dedicated to one of Great Britain's longest serving monarchs.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Erected in memory of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was born close to this spot, this statue commemorates the author and his famous detective.

This UFO crash-landed on the outskirts of a French town in 2009.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

Centuries-old columns from French monasteries provide structure for this courtyard within an Ohio art museum.

The home of aviation trailblazers, in a remote corner of the big city.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Frequent fliers welcome in this airplane hotel.

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

This small shrine is dedicated to the designer of the first Russian fighter jet and his brother, who became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.