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

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

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

Hidden in magnificent rolling countryside, see what may be the largest modern stone circle in the world at Wisconsin's very own "Stonehenge”

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.

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

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

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

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

See how Laura Ingalls lived on the Minnesota prairie.

Over 140 boathouses built by miners from the Soudan Iron Mine in the early 20th century overlook Stuntz Bay on Lake Vermilion.

Preserving the story of an early 20th-century orphanage.

Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the North," this open-pit mine in Minnesota has a much shorter history.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.