Places aidanmcleod Wants to Go

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

This unique art installation used boiler tubes from a decommissioned power plant to resemble Antelope Canyon.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

This rock formation named for its unique shape is one of many that call the Alabama Hills home.

The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

For decades, the largest tungsten producer in the U.S. was located in a spectacular setting in the high Sierra Nevada, with some of the workings over 11,000 feet.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.