Places Auros Harman Wants to Go

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

Running since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, one of the longest-running science experiments known.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

Definitely not a clown bar.

An environmental art installation inspired by farmhouses and crop circles.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

Two tall rocks sit at the center of this site, once the home of a large Ancestral Puebloan community.