Places Ryan Haupt Wants to Go

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.

The largest freshwater lake in northeast India is also the only floating national park in the world.

This edgy museum will whet your appetite for the industrial history of Western New York.

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

D.C. once had its own tiny rival to the New York Stock Exchange.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

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

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

This church is known as "The Home Church of George Washington and George Mason."

This Viking-inspired miniature golf course features a pirate ship and views of Icelandic landscapes.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

Operational for less than a year, this mill produced more than 11,000 tons of chrome concentrate in its short lifespan.