Places WilliamRCrichton Wants to Go

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

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

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

The world's longest known cave system.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

Home to items never before seen by the public.