Places Amandala Wants to Go

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

The world’s largest collection of angel figurines includes 600 black angels donated by Oprah Winfrey.

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

Built by an accountant with a dream of running a grand resort, this estate has sat vacant for over half a century.

This park harkens back to frontier life in Wisconsin.

The tragic death of 19-year-old Mabel Tainter in 1886 led to the construction of this unique Victorian-era theater in the northern woods of Wisconsin.