Places stefanmarquart Wants to Go

The forgotten tomb of the Peruvian rubber baron who was the inspiration for Werner Herzog's epic film "Fitzcarraldo."

This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

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

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.