Places KingSmithy Wants to Go

The longest and steepest staircase locks in the United Kingdom.

This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.

This medieval manor house was hastily fortified when it found itself in the middle of the Scottish fight for independence.

This temple was constructed entirely by Roman soldiers.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

A collection of abandoned typographic signs from Berlin and beyond.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.