Places J Stardust Wants to Go

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

This is a full-scale replica of a complete Stonehenge made from locally quarried Esperance granite.

Before the Vatican, there was Dolton: This is the childhood home of the first American pope.

Mediaeval cross marking an old Roman ridgeway on the top of moors in the Peak District.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

Estimated to be more than 5,000 years old, this yew may be Britain’s oldest.

Believed to be the largest single-stemmed oak tree in England.

This church is home to a 1,600-year-old tree, but also a mysterious carved figure who may have been a pagan idol.

One of the most studied Iron Age settlements in Europe.

Trimmings from the record-setting tree line that surrounds Cirencester Park have been used to manufacture chemotherapy drugs.

A vertical tube that allows you to see what's going on underneath the Antarctic sea ice.

Quite possibly the most isolated bus stop on Earth.

The childhood home of the Wright Brothers in Dayton.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

Associated with the famous wizard, it is said that when this oak tree falls, so will the town.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

A Buddhist monastery tucked away in the mountains of Colorado.

The library of every book lover's dreams.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

The way that light hits a stained glass window on a specific day is one of many "clues" to a mysterious treasure.

One of only two sites in the United States containing the remains of Buddha.

If you dial the number in this abandoned office window "Sam Spade’s" secretary will ask you to leave a message.