Places Avalon Wants to Go

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

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

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.

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

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.