Places Added by Luke Fater

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

A 1960s damming project turned one family’s hilltop cemetery into an island.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

A puppeteer’s paradise offering shows, workshops, and an archive of over 2,000 puppets.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.

Definitely not a clown bar.

A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.

Once a gas station, this flightless airplane beside the Old Dixie Highway now houses a barbershop.

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

The art deco colossus played a role in war and medicine aside from hosting the iconic Louisiana Hayride.

A remarkably futuristic building sits in the oldest town in Louisiana.

The only cave in Louisiana has played host to a state's-worth of clandestine activities.

One of the largest publicly funded mural in the country is one city's love letter to itself.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.