Places dcowan Wants to Go

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.