Rockford, Illinois
Anderson Japanese Gardens
This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.
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Rockford, Illinois
This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.
Madison, Wisconsin
Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.
Madison, Wisconsin
A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.
Walcott, Iowa
The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Freeport, Illinois
The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.
Anamosa, Iowa
Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.
Elkader, Iowa
This tiny site in Iowa, part of a patchwork national wildlife refuge, is home to ancient flora and fauna.
Ishpeming, Michigan
Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.
Eagle River, Wisconsin
A one-stop shop for all things snowmobile, started by a snowmobile-obsessed group of friends in Wisconsin.
Columbia, Missouri
Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.
Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa
An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.
Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Marceline, Missouri
A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.