Places donnatalarico Wants to Go

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Explore a real 19th-century lead and zinc mine at this immersive series of exhibits.

Built by an accountant with a dream of running a grand resort, this estate has sat vacant for over half a century.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

The museum houses one of the world's largest collections of glass paperweights.

The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

This holy goods emporium is where priests go for a little retail therapy to outfit their churches.

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.

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

A large circus museum with summer performances.