Places ericcuebas Wants to Go

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

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

A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

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

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

The last original miniature duckpin bowling lanes in America, located in a Milwaukee dive bar.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

One of the oldest and tallest lighthouses still in service on Lake Michigan.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.