Places Stefan Kowasch Wants to Go

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

An ultra-modern vista that has been featured in so many films the house is a celebrity in its own right.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.