Places moedk Wants to Go

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

An vast warehouse of everyday treasures in Berkeley, CA.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

A memorial to the Vicentine who survived and documented Magellan's circumnavigation of the world.

This centuries-old tree tells an unusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desert.

The forgotten tomb of the Peruvian rubber baron who was the inspiration for Werner Herzog's epic film "Fitzcarraldo."

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

This medieval footbridge in the Swiss Alps is known to attract cliff-jumping daredevils.

If James Bond bungee-jumped off the side of a 720-foot dam, would you do it too?

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.