Places mikswockam Wants to Go

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

Amtrak's least-used stop in the entire country sits in a tiny West Texas town.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

Considered the most remote point in the entire world.

Eurasia's most difficult place to hang out, and farthest point from sea access.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

A busy island at the center of the world that doesn’t actually exist.

The only sea in the world that has no land boundary.

We heard you like volcanoes so we put a volcano in your volcano so you can die for sure...

Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.

A faithful reproduction of Al-Jazari's enormous water clock.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.