Places roryhmcleod Wants to Go

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

Beneath the surface, something slithers. And if you find it, prepare to be slimed and glowing.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

A wonderland of folk art including the World’s Largest Grit. 

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.

A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

Seattle’s Whimsical Mural Master.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

"The House That Love Built" is shying away from "The House That Ghosts Love."

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.