Places roryhmcleod Wants to Go

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

This stretch of the ancient Roman road is preserved in a valley that witnessed many battles and legendary highwaymen.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

For more than 150 years, this cemetery has served as the final resting place for many members of Wilmington's Black community.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

This small interfaith chapel lies not far from the rim of the Grand Canyon.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

A man's home is his castle.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.