Places Rubezahl Wants to Go

You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.

The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.

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

A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?