Places mrowestmiddle Wants to Go

This fortified L-shaped tower is the ancient seat of clan Hannay.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

Located inside a former record pressing plant, this recording studio pays homage to the techniques and gear of a bygone age.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's '80s rock scene.

From printing money to live music, this Beaux-Arts style building has had many identities over the last century.

Banished from town, this local jester concocted a clever return.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

This massive rock balanced for thousands of years being tossed here during a volcanic eruption.

Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

This historic pub is a hidden gem for fans of Lewis Carroll.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.