Places AnissaSiobhan Wants to Go

Three playfully immersive mini golf courses let you travel alongside your ball to the cup at this facility, which has been around since the 1950s.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

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

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

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

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

This century-old barn is home to a homey, eclectic film festival.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

This tiny site in Iowa, part of a patchwork national wildlife refuge, is home to ancient flora and fauna.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

This lone survivor of a regional franchise still slings delicious burgers and colossal servings of fries.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.