Places KingSmithy Wants to Go

Digger attempting to hide itself under 300 tons of rubble.

No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.

Nestled near the mountains of western Canada resides this behemoth earth mover.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Avenue of trees planted by cosmonauts before their space departures.

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.

The ruins of a lighthouse on the island Amelia Earhart never reached.

The world's largest moose statue is located (where else?) in Canada.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

An ever-growing field of footwear invites legends and more shoes.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

The ruins of a bombed medieval village memorialize the destruction of the Spanish Civil War.

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.