Places robtheller Wants to Go

After traveling the world, one of the last remaining fully-rigged three masted iron-hulled cargo ship in the world found its home in New York.

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

This giant foot is all that remains of a massive concrete play structure that once stood on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

The legacy of the Ohio-founded Fostoria Glass Company lives on in West Virginia.

Collectors keep the story of Ohio Valley glassmaking alive.

This surreal thumbs-up monument commemorates a shiatsu legend.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

West Virginia’s first state park commemorates one of the state’s last significant Civil War battles.

With a history stretching back to the 16th century, this pub has a few stories to tell.

From here, the loch appears to take the shape of mainland Scotland.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

The playful side of the Columbus community is on full display.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

The castle that provided the setting for much of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' is now a pilgrimage site for fans.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

Two tombstones associated with the much-beloved children's story.

Frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

A wooden theatre that remains the heart of a charming Victorian-era New Jersey enclave.