Places eecarter Wants to Go

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

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

A science teacher's dream.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

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

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

A key producer of charcoal iron in the early 1800s, the structure still stands today.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

An unknown Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee.

The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.