Places TwoSeat Wants to Go

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

Poet William Blake penned some of his most famous work during his brief stay at this beloved country cottage.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.

This centuries-old canal known as the Cuckoo Dyke has a staircase of locks suitable for a giant.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.

Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

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

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.