Places rmcmacki Wants to Go

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

Inside this old train depot resides a multi-line model train covering western North Carolina.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.