Places mcdermany Wants to Go

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

A small structure built from used railroad ties honors the short term of America's 20th president.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

An unsolved murder victim's grave which may or may not contain her body.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.

Trinkets and toys lovingly handmade by maximum security prisoners.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.