Places GINGERTRAVELS Wants to Go

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

Experience the life of an 1800's lumberjack at this interactive museum that is only accessible by railroad.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.

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

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

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

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

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

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

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

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

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

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

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.