Places Crawdie Wants to Go

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

The final resting place of a prominent Chippewa chief and several Native American children.

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.

This early 20th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.

There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying the Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.

There are two legends behind the origin of this unusually tall sanitary structure.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.

This nightlife venue and cultural center keeps a unique Ethiopian musical tradition alive in the nation’s capital, but breakneck urban development threatens to shut it down.

According to one local legend, this image was created during a battle between a wild lioness and the archangel Michael.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.

A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.

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

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

This restored eighth-century palace is a shining example of ancient Umayyad architecture.

This hill nestled in the Scottish lowlands was a ritual site for over 4,000 years.