You can use 'went' when you say: I went to [a place you went to in the past]. That's how you can use it.
you can use the word across in a sentence by saying i went across the river in a tube.
Where did you go last night?
i went to a birthday bash
we went across a river
the lakers went to the playoffs.
I went to the Pantheon in Greece.
Tim and I went to the store yesterday.
He went to the conferring to get his degree.
i went to London borough
I went sailing on the Aegean Sea. Hard words to use in a sentence.
I went to the auditorium to watch the show.
She went to study dermatology at the university.