Let L(t, x) be the local time at x for Brownian motion and for each t, let $$\bar V(t) = \inf \{ x\underline{\underline > } 0;L(t,x) \vee L(t, - x) = \mathop {\sup }\limits_y L(t,y)\} $$ , the absolute value of the most visited site for Brownian motion up to time t. In this paper we prove that ¯V(t) is transient and obtain upper and lower bounds for the rate of growth of ¯V(t). The main tools used are the Ray-Knight theorems and William's path decomposition of a diffusion. An invariance principle is used to get analogous results for simple random walks. We also obtain a law of the iterated logarithm for ¯V(t).