Places Ryan Haupt Wants to Go

Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

It is the only marker for one of the most famous hate crimes in American history. There are no other memorials for him in the entire state.

An 83-foot tall granite obelisk honors the legacy of Dr. King in the heart of Norfolk's Black community.

A unique collection of more than 250 rocks and minerals located on a university campus.

Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

A 1960s damming project turned one family’s hilltop cemetery into an island.

This historic hotel has hosted the likes of Babe Ruth, Jimmy Carter, and the Vanderbilts.

The Paul Bunyan of the steel industry.

A plaque on the side of a building is a small tribute to the woman who invented an iconic Berlin fast food.

A series of vibrant murals celebrate the culture and community of Oakland.

Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.

Built around 1723, this is the oldest surviving home in the U.S.'s oldest colonial city.

It might look like a doghouse, but this small structure was actually built to house a spirit from Maya mythology.

The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

Six miles off the coast of Key West, a former military transport ship is now one of the largest artificial reefs in the world.

The final resting place of a physician rescued during the bombardment of Fort McHenry.

A sycamore tree grown from seeds that traveled to the moon.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

One of the oldest adobe structures in Northern California.