Places CUTIETHlNG Wants to Go

For one month, the fields and skies of Gibbon, Nebraska, come alive with one of the largest gatherings of sandhill cranes in North America.

This little gem of a museum is a hidden jewel filled with prehistoric treasures.

A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.