Places Ryan Haupt Wants to Go

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.

One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

Built by the Portuguese colonists in the early 16th century, this fort is one of the oldest European structure in Asia.

The village where the park and museum are located is also the third-biggest hatchery of dinosaurs discovered.

Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.

This limestone outcropping was once a ceremonial site for ancient Native Americans.

The god of wine stares out at passersby on this busy Pittsburgh thoroughfare.

A narrow opening between the mountains of the Amalfi Coast creates a scenic hidden beach.

Despite its ornamental looks, this towering Tuscan-inspired anomaly was a masterpiece in hydraulic engineering.

This seventh-century fortification marked the western border of the Lombard duchy of Spoleto.

The excellent Swiss museum of witchcraft is led by a modern witch.

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.