Minneapolis, Minnesota
Elf Door at Deming Heights Park
Enter the Forest of the Elves.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
Enter the Forest of the Elves.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
A park where people have been going to feed friendly pigeons since the 18th century
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.
Almirante Sur, Puerto Rico
A natural swimming pool in the middle of the Carite Forest.
LoÃza, Puerto Rico
Archaeological sites and great food inside the island's largest mangrove forest.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Grant Township, Illinois
Volo Bog is the only open-water quaking bog in Illinois, and also the southernmost open-water quaking bog in North America to exhibit all stages of bog succession.
Kansasville, Wisconsin
The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.
Rockford, Illinois
This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.
Holland, Michigan
The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.
Holland, Michigan
Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.
Chicago, Illinois
Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.
Chicago, Illinois
In Chicago, an empty relic of a time when neighborhood zoos were more common.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.
Chicago, Illinois
An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.
Chicago, Illinois
The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.
Chicago, Illinois
A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.
Oak Park, Illinois
After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.
Chicago, Illinois
A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.
Peoria, Illinois
Tiny treasures, giant murals, and strange sculptures decorate the windows and doors of this abandoned building.
Waldo, Florida
North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.