Places pollardld Wants to Go

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

An ancient hotspot for spotting schools of fish.

A midnight snack that lights up the night.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

Rare and strange weather predictors, from mercury barometers to leech prognosticators.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

Permanent exhibit reminds visitors of the Exxon Valdez.

This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

When the big city meets the edge of the frontier, log skyscrapers are born.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.