Places hopemch Wants to Go

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

Museum with an extensive collection of Cray supercomputers and related artifacts.

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

This odd-shaped relic from the 1964 New York World's Fair found its way back home to Wisconsin.

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

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

This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.

Expansive and colorful studio of Minneapolis art-star, Doug Padilla.

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

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

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

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

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

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

The world’s largest collection of angel figurines includes 600 black angels donated by Oprah Winfrey.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

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

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

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

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

A town filled with hot chocolate, dazzling lights, and lots of Christmas cheer.