Places Allen Coté Wants to Go

One of the oldest and tallest lighthouses still in service on Lake Michigan.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

Enjoy a brandy old fashioned with this petrified pet in a bar devoted to the local press.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

These rural ruins are of a Midwestern hotel that was once an elegant spa for the wealthy, then a gangster’s hideaway, and finally a haunted retreat.

In 1859, the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared in this small town.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

Natural hot springs hidden in the rainforest are only accessible by boat.

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.

River raft through rural Colombia’s ancient rock formations, pristine landscapes, and towering waterfalls.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.

This collection of ancient, mountaintop, underground tombs was once hidden by decades of bloodshed.

The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.

This maximum-security prison was abandoned to make way for a national park.

A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.

Starting with nothing more than discarded conch shells, one man has built an island/bar that would make Jimmy Buffet jealous.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.