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Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A private home collection of more than 3,500 cat figurines.

A surprisingly large number of show waterski teams are located here in Wisconsin.

Exhibits from an island in Lake Michigan are preserved in this hand-built cabin museum.

These modest Midwestern formations are kin to Niagara Falls' impressive cliffs, more than 600 miles away.

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.

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.

This rooftop sign has been confusing Milwaukee-bound airline passengers for decades.

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

A factory in Milwaukee where poop is reclaimed… and recycled.

The building was originally a gas station built to resemble a Japanese tea house.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.

The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

The final resting place of one of Thomas Jefferson's formerly enslaved sons.

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

A 100-year-old chair with joints "cemented by nature."

The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.

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

This odd-shaped relic from the 1964 New York World's Fair found its way back home to Wisconsin.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.