Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Yerkes Observatory
Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.
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Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.
Madison, Wisconsin
A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.
Madison, Wisconsin
Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.
Appleton, Wisconsin
This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.
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.
Racine, Wisconsin
The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.
Fountain City, Wisconsin
A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.
Eglon, West Virginia
The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.
Lancaster, California
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
A full-service gas station known as the oldest in America.
Chicago, Illinois
A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.
Collinsville, Illinois
Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.
Chicago, Illinois
Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.
Wadsworth, Illinois
A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.
Chicago, Illinois
A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.