Places stephsrs Wants to Go

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

An entire subdivision was accidentally built on a flood plain, resulting in its eventual demolition—but the streets are still there.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

This unique structure is the only one of its kind in Virginia.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

In 1857, the Mardi Gras parade tradition began at this intersection.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.