Places Ryan Haupt Wants to Go

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.