Places Ryan Haupt Wants to Go

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

This village is home to the largest existing settlement of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Japan.

This small university museum houses a priceless collection of scientific instruments.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

The blowhole bursts spectacularly right next to the buildings in a medieval seaside town.

A fantastic reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking longhouse.

This museum is dedicated to the cultural history of tobacco and salt, once monopolized in Japan.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

In Phetchaburi, Thailand, a roadside vendor cooks his fare with 1,000 mirrors and the power of the sun.

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.