Places eecarter Wants to Go

A replica that won't float away.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.