Mount Carroll, Illinois
Raven's Grin Inn
Former hotel turned into haunted playground.
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Mount Carroll, Illinois
Former hotel turned into haunted playground.
Wasilla, Alaska
Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.
Quito, Ecuador
Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.
Quito, Ecuador
The gondolas let you glimpse a bird's-eye view of one of the world's highest capital cities.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.
Verona, Wisconsin
Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.
Madison, Wisconsin
Three playfully immersive mini golf courses let you travel alongside your ball to the cup at this facility, which has been around since the 1950s.
Madison, Wisconsin
The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Rockford, Illinois
This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."
Dyersville, Iowa
A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.
Madison, Wisconsin
Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.
Madison, Wisconsin
Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.
Palmer, Alaska
An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.
Gakona, Alaska
An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.
Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Anchorage, Alaska
While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.
Palmer, Alaska
This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.
Soldotna, Alaska
Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.
Whittier, Alaska
The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.