Places mrsamps Wants to Go

Mark Twain once stopped at this rest station during his journey to Nevada.

This pristine World War II airfield gives a comprehensive look at atomic development and aviation history.

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

A 1920s navigation arrow for airmail is preserved right off Interstate 80 near the southern edge of the Great Salt Lake

In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.

This highest peak in New Mexico is named after an explorer who had a habit of lending his moniker to peaks.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

Once built to revive one of the world's most legendary car brands, this futuristic factory in Italy now stands abandoned as a striking monument to Bugatti's short-lived 1990s comeback.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

A small waterfall tucked away in the forest of Harmby Gill.

This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).

From a distance it looks like a real castle, but up close everything is slightly too small.

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.