Places halfLight7 Wants to Go

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

The largest riverfront opening cave in the Ozarks.

Away from the crowds of fishing enthusiasts, take a hike deep into the woods and journey into an eerie darkness.

Nestled in Onondaga State Park, over 100 canoes carefully stacked in a replica of the famous standing stones.

Some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the United States.

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

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

The final resting place of one of Thomas Jefferson's formerly enslaved sons.

The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.

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

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

A 100-year-old chair with joints "cemented by nature."

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

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

The world's largest talking cow would like to tell you about the benefits of 100% Wisconsin dairy products, if only she still could.

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

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