Places eecarter Wants to Go

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

One woman's lifelong collection is on display in this unassuming house on an Icelandic fjord.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

The largest game reserve in Africa is home to thousands of species but refuses to house humans.

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

The true jewel of Africa's west coast known as "Africa's Last Eden."

Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.