Places Stefan Kowasch Wants to Go

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

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

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

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

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.