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Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Witches Gulch
Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.
43.6756, -89.8014
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Riviera Ballroom
A historic ballroom host to famous performers from the big band era to 1980s rock.
42.5900, -88.4362
Chicago, Illinois
Margie’s Candies
This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.
41.9194, -87.7129
Chicago, Illinois
Heald Square Monument's Statue of Liberty
The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.
41.8872, -87.6268
Chicago, Illinois
Money Museum
This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.
41.8787, -87.6323
St. Charles, Illinois
Ghoulish Mortals
This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.
41.9135, -88.3166
Phoenix, Arizona
Hole-in-the-Rock
Millions of years of erosion created the feature for which this rock formation is aptly named.
33.4565, -111.9453
Paradise, Michigan
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
46.7709, -84.9582
Paradise, Michigan
Tahquamenon Falls
These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.
46.5750, -85.2573
Harbor Springs, Michigan
Petoskey State Park
A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.
45.4019, -84.9072
Marquette, Michigan
The Superior Dome
As its grandiose name implies, this wooden dome is unsurpassed in size.
46.5604, -87.3938
Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Eagle Tower
Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.
45.1627, -87.1982
Winslow, Arizona
La Posada Hotel and Gardens
One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.
35.0212, -110.6950
Winslow, Arizona
HGTV Art Cars
A unique collection of artistic rides
35.0235, -110.7010
Winslow, Arizona
Standin' On the Corner Park
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
35.0235, -110.6977
Holbrook, Arizona
Bucket of Blood Street
This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.
34.9000, -110.1588
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
Atalaya
The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.
33.5018, -79.0677
Geneva, Illinois
Easy Chair Grave
This carved armchair marks the final resting place for two pals in the Chicago suburbs.
41.8959, -88.2974
Chicago, Illinois
Noble–Seymour–Crippen House
The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.
41.9834, -87.7958
Sevierville, Tennessee
Smoky Mountain Knife Works
While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.
35.9345, -83.5842
Chicago, Illinois
Beginning (and End) of Historic Route 66
A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.
41.8795, -87.6246
Niles, Illinois
Leaning Tower of Niles
Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.
42.0125, -87.7841
Traverse City, Michigan
The Hippie Tree
Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.
44.7526, -85.6504
Traverse City, Michigan
Traverse City State Hospital
Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.
44.7564, -85.6426
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