Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

The remains of a German plane still sit in the Norwegian wood where it crashed in 1942.

After several weeks of radio silence, this abandoned oil tanker washed up on a remote beach in Liberia.

Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

Was the ravaging reptilian that terrorized this village a dragon, or an escapee from a London menagerie?

This airfield played a key role in both World War II and the Cold War.

Organisms normally seen under a microscope decorate this church.

This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.

The first outlet of Canada's biggest fast-food franchise has been slinging doughnuts since 1964.

An impressive waterfall nestled in the cliffs of Idaho's Snake River Canyon.

This figure was cut into the hillside in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.

This life-size monument honors the legacy of a famous literary feline.

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

On the walking path from Monterosso to Vernazza, a small shrine dedicated to feline friends.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

A surreal paleontological sculpture garden pays homage to a fading industry.

This magenta statue commemorates the legendary marriage between a mermaid and the city's founder.

An entire subdivision was accidentally built on a flood plain, resulting in its eventual demolition—but the streets are still there.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.

In 1975, a forestry worker in Arizona claimed to have been abducted by a UFO.

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.

A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.