Places Ryan Haupt Wants to Go

A bold and controversial statue of a Christmas icon, blending adult undertones with playful humor, stands year-round in a traffic circle.

A life-sized statue of a Tyrannosaurus rex made out of driftwood.

Feast on buckets of garlicky snails.

Circleville is seriously smitten with this giant gourd.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

A vertical tube that allows you to see what's going on underneath the Antarctic sea ice.

The only Leonardo Da Vinci painting in the Western Hemisphere.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

A pristine beach on the Gulf of Mexico with deep ties to Pensacola’s Black community.

Across from a hotel parking lot, a Confederate spy rests under a large tombstone with her Union Veteran husband behind a copse of trees in a small, well-maintained cemetery.

In an alcove of this historic library, you can find murals painted in the 1930s by an artist who went on to create some of Disney's most iconic animated films.

Dedicated to the man who created the first radio wave communication system.

The first marker along the famous boundary.

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.

Hang with reindeer at this 400-year-old Sámi market.

This sandstone building is a relic of the Overland Trail.

This Asian-inspired tower in a lush urban park provides spectacular panoramic views of Baltimore.

The last remaining building in Washington, D.C., built by H.H. Richardson, one of America's most iconic architects.

One of the world's oldest continually operating bookstores.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.