Places dcowan Wants to Go

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This Quebec estate is home to the elaborate gardens of a self-taught horticulturist.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

Railways may have forged this quintet of lovely tunnels, but now they are open to hikers.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

One man's prolific, decade-long quest to turn trash into artistic treasure.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.