Places worshamrob Wants to Go

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.

This mountain is one of the largest in Scotland but is better known for its hollow insides.

Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

On October 26, 1963, a 12-kiloton nuclear device was detonated here in granite some 1,211 feet below the ground surface.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.

This 30,000 square-foot museum is home to an extensive collection of art and artifacts that reflect the history of southwest Ohio.

An anti-tank graveyard in the English countryside.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

An abandoned Victorian-era mill in the middle of modern Manchester.

Unusually, this ancient Iron Age broch has never been excavated.

This ruined travelers shelter sits abandoned in a desolate bog of Flow Country.

This ancient stone bridge dates back to the early Middle Ages.

A schooner, nicknamed "The Unsinkable," with a long history of survival in the Indian Ocean.

In the middle of a busy residential neighborhood, a small roofless church being reclaimed by nature.

This 1920's sandstone war memorial was constructed with an unusual drinking trough for horses.

A haunting collection of sunken wooden barges litters this Italian river bend.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This section of the Kennet and Avon Canal has been designated the same level of heritage protection as Stonehenge.

This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.

This former World War II artillery defense site was built to guard the industrial city of Glasgow.