Places eecarter Wants to Go

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

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

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Taking the 3D art experience far beyond blue and red glasses.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.