Places Andy Fowler Wants to Go

The first atheist monument on public land in the United States.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

Before he was "Bob Marley, international reggae superstar," he was "Donald Marley," a Delaware resident and forklift operator working under an assumed name. This park tells the story.

The sump of the landlocked Carson River is a haven for wildlife.

What if the Fountain of Youth was actually found in Delaware? One historic coastal town believes it to be true.

A mid-century telephone booth still stands, now a long-distance relic of the past.

A remote trail traverses the little-known Gearhart Mountains of southern Oregon.

Starting in 1961, Brookhaven National Labs regularly irradiated a section of forest with a canister of Cesium-137 to study the effects of hard gamma radiation on an ecosystem.

The oldest soda fountain in St. Louis has been serving up treats for more than a century.

Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

The remains of a large pueblo village constructed by the Salado culture, who occupied the region more than 600 years ago.

A sign marks the location of an 18th-century sawmill allegedly owned by a wizard who employed Satanic imps.

When local government began removing public benches, the public pushed back, and vibrant, community-built seating now outnumbers the official shelters at Chattanooga bus stops.

Tucked away in Jacksonville's oldest neighborhood, this museum stands as a repository and celebration of outsider art.

An artistically engineered dam designed to honor the relationship between humankind and nature.

In October 1856, Harriet Tubman escaped arrest at this site while attempting to reunite an enslaved woman named Tilly with her fiancé.

The partial realization of a utopian proposal to build a master planned community primarily by and for Black Americans.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

This wildflower meadow was once the site of America's oldest operating paper mill and a symbol of Newark's manufacturing past.

When California condors were hovering on the brink of extinction, this recovery program was charged with helping the birds thrive again.

Named for a self-taught botanist who cataloged hundreds of native plants, this garden continues her work of preserving California plant life.

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.

This museum honors the farming past of the “Salad Bowl of the World.”

Traditional, pre-Hispanic food is served alongside classic favorites in this family-owned Mexican restaurant.