Places Caroline Thrift Wants to Go

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

At less than four inches in height, this iconic fictional character is the smallest public statue in all of Moldova.

A working farm turned into a museum dedicated to the world's most unbelievably tiny cars.

A mysterious, abandoned building rotting on the Brooklyn waterfront.

The largest fountain in Bratislava.

This quaint stretch of road is the final resting place for hundreds of America's four-legged veterans.

This unassuming Victorian cemetery is the final resting place of author Lewis Carroll.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

Eritrea's futuristic gas station is a nod to Italy's fascist history.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.