Places Stefan Kowasch Wants to Go

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

This stoic, if derpy, giant stands as a monument to Oregon's statehood and the novelty culture of yesteryear.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

A white oak with property rights.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

Mexican food and folk art.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

What is the Thing?

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.