Places AbsoluteNomad Wants to Go

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

This stone throne invites adventurers to observe breathtaking views of the Peak District.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Yo, Adrian!

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.