Spring Green, Wisconsin
House on the Rock
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Places Asrugan Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Middleton, Wisconsin
National Mustard Museum
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Decorah, Iowa
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.
Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin
Bathtub Spring
A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.
Silvis, Illinois
Hero Street USA
Lined with plaques and tributes to veterans, this patriotic street was founded by Mexican immigrants.
Belleville, Wisconsin
Stewart Tunnel Ice Formations
Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.
Richland Center, Wisconsin
A.D. German Warehouse
The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.
Freeport, Illinois
Silver Creek and Stephenson Railroad
The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.
Freeport, Illinois
Little Cubs Field
A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
Cave of the Mounds
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Argyle, Wisconsin
Toy Train Barn
A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.
Hollandale, Wisconsin
Grandview
One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.
Mount Carroll, Illinois
Raven's Grin Inn
Former hotel turned into haunted playground.
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Anamosa, Iowa
Hula Hoop Tree
Two hula hoops appeared on the tree after a storm, and the collection kept growing.
Shullsburg, Wisconsin
Gravity Hill in Wisconsin
A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.
