Places Shawb1 Wants to Go

A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

A grueling 699-step stairway to a heavenly view of the island of Saint Helena.

It marks the spot where the high-ranking British officer died during the Falklands War.

A small cemetery remembers the British troops who fell during the Falklands War.

A hilltop collection of crosses remembering the hundreds of Argentine troops who fell during the Falklands War.

Where British troops serving on the remote islands paid tribute to their faraway hometowns.

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

The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.

This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This humble American Craftsman home is where the Disney brothers’ animation business took flight in 1923.

An outdoor display of military missiles developed at Point Mugu Naval Base.

At 11,500 feet in elevation, there is no toilet in the state closer to the sky than this one.

How did the front of a supersonic jet make its way to a display case in a Kansas City yard?

A well-preserved set of ruins not far from Lovelock.

The San Marino-Rimini railroad was short-lived but this tunnel once provided shelter for hundreds of refugees during World War II.

A lava tube cooled to form this long tunnel that stays chilly even at the height of summer.

This igloo-shaped landmark in Iqaluit serves as the seat of the Diocese of the Arctic.

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.

A lasting testament to the Klondike Gold Rush.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.