Places freespiritalien Wants to Go

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

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

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

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

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

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.