Places williamf Wants to Go

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Little remains of the once flourishing Asbestos' asbestos mine.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

A tiny, picturesque island, where cows and wild horses wander around the houses.

This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.

This artful dam holds back a crater-made reservoir that can be seen from space.

Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

The closest thing to Mars on Earth.

The third-largest island in Canada is one of the remotest places on Earth.

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.

A rainbow of kulfi and falooda flows from this Indian-style ice cream parlor.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.