Places Andy Fowler Wants to Go

One of the last "timber railroads" in the United States was finally abandoned in 1957.

This Tudor-style mansion is home to the first roadside confectioner in the United States.

A pristine beach on the Gulf of Mexico with deep ties to Pensacola’s Black community.

A Grand Dame of the vaudeville circuit restored to its former glory.

A small museum celebrating the life of the first Black four-star general in Air Force history.

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.

A wealth of seafaring history displayed on the California coast.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

This man's death led (indirectly) to Vermont's independence in 1777.

In the hills of southern Indiana is the idyllic studio and museum of legendary artist T.C. Steele.

A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.

A stone marker dedicated to a Black veteran of the American Revolution who refused to leave his land near Walden Pond.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

Dozens of bronze sculptures are woven into the landscape along this trail.

The oldest brick saltbox house in America.

The last location where Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson played before their tragic deaths.

The largest museum dedicated to Italian Americans on the East Coast is located in a 100-year-old church.

One of Indiana's only natural sandstone arches is nestled between resort ruins and an old Boy Scouts camp.

Admire a Lilliputian replica of the fast food outlet.

The biggest apple in all of New England stands 10 feet tall and weighs over 1,000 pounds.

This historic high school was saved from demolition to become an island home for Marshall’s creative community.

This lake—the second largest in the state— was hiding historic treasures beneath its surface.