Places karlagigi Wants to Go

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

The "largest bathroom stall in the world" offers a unique pit-stop experience.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The first motion picture theater in southern Utah, reimagined and renovated as an arts hub.

The taxidermied remains of the "last wild grizzly bear in California" and of the symbol of the state of California.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.