Places dcowan Wants to Go

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

Fabrication workshop where the encasement for One World Trade Center's beacon was constructed.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.

This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

The watery grave of Captain Bligh's famous ship.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.