Places roryhmcleod Wants to Go

A nondescript dirt lot hides an intriguing center of shamanic healing.

Thousands of artifacts tell Mongolia's military history, from the Bronze Age to the present.

Hidden treasures belonging to Mongolia's most revered and multi-talented monk spent decades buried in the Gobi desert.

History, geography, and shamanism meet in this eye-catching monument to the greatness of three empires.

People have been scribbling on this massive chunk of granite for more than 1,500 years.

Dinosaur eggs were first discovered at these fiery red cliffs.

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.

An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.

This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.

Mongolian Buddhists believe this monastery in the Gobi desert to be the center of the world's spiritual energy.

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

Incredible sculptures inspired by obscure passages from the Bible.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

At HopCat, a marker honors fictional creatures with the ability to travel the missing dimensions of Kcymaerxthaere.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."