Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

A high-end clothing boutique with a curious basement art installation.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

Where's a guy to go after a long, hard day at work?

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

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

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.