Places Ryan Haupt Wants to Go

A turn-of-the-century prophecy comes true when a mischievous wooden Devil watches the neighboring church burn to the ground

Sleep amongst an abundance of art from the modern era.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

These airport hangars are now a bustling shopping center with only hints of its past still lingering.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

A small curiosity shop with items ranging from antique medical supplies to taxidermied animals.

A "house to which to flee" for settlers in colonial Pennsylvania.

After becoming locally extinct, this esteemed avian now flies free in the forests around the ancient ruins.

It's home to the antenna that received the first images of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.

This laboratory has a remarkable concrete roof that measures less than an inch at its thickest point.

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

Unusually, this ancient Iron Age broch has never been excavated.

This striking structure is the Socialist-modernist centerpiece of a former Soviet spa resort.

Stretching for 22 miles, the world's longest tree-lined avenue dates back to the early 17th-century.

This modern, multimedia museum takes visitors on an evolutionary journey back in time.

The world's only pure blue lizard lives exclusively on this secluded tropical island.

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

One of the oldest seagoing boats in the world can be found at the Dover Museum.

The busy transport hub is home to the tallest airport slide in the world.

A series of haunting wooden totems are hidden in the woods surrounding a German environmental center.

A unique museum dedicated to culture and artistry of carpet weaving.