Spillville, Iowa
Bily Clocks Museum
Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Ax-Man Surplus
The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Casket Arts Building
A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.
Northome, Minnesota
The Lost 40
A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.
Whitby, England
Ruins of Whitby Abbey
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Sparta, Wisconsin
Wegner Grotto
Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
World's Largest Six-Pack
Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
Dr. Evermor's Forevertron
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
New Ulm, Minnesota
Hermann Heights Monument
A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.
Permanently Closed
Amarillo, Texas
VW Slug Bug Ranch
A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.
Permanently Closed
Chicago, Illinois
Hot Doug's
Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.
Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Yerkes Observatory
Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.
