Places dcowan Wants to Go

Central New York's first aquaponic farm (Closed).

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

A science teacher's dream.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A natural tidal swimming pool is ringed by bizarrely artistic lava rock formations.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

Self-sufficient greenhouse floating on the Hudson River.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.