Places derekeicholz Wants to Go

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

A collection of soda memorabilia that spans decades.

A frog crossed this road, but whether it made it to the other side remains a mystery.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.