Places matthewmetcalfe Wants to Go

A mysterious suspended hand greets unsuspecting visitors at the Tower of London.

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

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.

Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

When oil was discovered just outside of Pittsburgh, the city became home to this regional stock market.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

The Tallahassee Airport serves over half a million passengers a year and is home to some permanent residents too.

A little-known mural reveals the hydrological reason for Atlanta's founding in this location.

This Native American petroglyph marks the location of an important, Creek trail.

One of the only remaining vestiges of baseball's Negro Leagues in Atlanta.

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

For more than 15 years, this downtown dive bar has hosted fiery outdoor “iron pours.”

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.