Places anno Wants to Go

This giant fiberglass sunfish welcomes visitors to Onalaska, Wisconsin, the "Sunfish Capital of the World."

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

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

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

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

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

A giant fiberglass catfish welcomes visitors to this Wisconsin river town and heralds its annual Catfish Days festival.

An underground wonderland in Iowa.

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

At a mile long, the Fort Madison Bridge is the largest double-decker swing-span bridge in the world.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

A big museum full of little worlds.

One of the last remaining French Colonial style churches, this centuries-old building was constructed using upright logs and no nails.