Madison, Wisconsin
Picnic Point Beach House
This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.
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Madison, Wisconsin
This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.
Shullsburg, Wisconsin
A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.
Burlington, Iowa
While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.
Madrid, Iowa
A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.
Kelliher, Minnesota
A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Vice President Humphrey's final resting place is tucked away in this cemetery along with a few other notable figures.
Baudette, Minnesota
The largest Walleye statue in the world calls this Minnesota town home.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.
Bovey, Minnesota
A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.
Hibbing, Minnesota
An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.
Angle Inlet, Minnesota
America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.
Bemidji, Minnesota
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.
Ashmore, Illinois
This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."
Chicago, Illinois
A European-style bath house in Chicago.
Vernon Hills, Illinois
The study has wall paneling from a 17th century ship.
Chester, Illinois
Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.
Batavia, Illinois
An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.
Peoria, Illinois
This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.
Oregon, Illinois
This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).
Chicago, Illinois
A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.
Quincy, Illinois
This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.