Places darrelmw Wants to Go

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

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

The small family-run business has kept alive the fading art of creating beautiful handmade book covers.

A cave 150 feet beneath Kansas City is the perfect climate for growing 10,000 delicate orchids.

Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

The fountains of the U.S. Navy Memorial are annually salted with water from the Seven Seas as part of a nautical ritual.

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.

Dozens of lights dangle from the branches of what may be the brightest tree in Los Angeles.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.