Taylor, Nebraska
The Villagers
This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.
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Taylor, Nebraska
This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Museum with an extensive collection of Cray supercomputers and related artifacts.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.
Madison, Wisconsin
A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.
Madison, Wisconsin
A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.
Madison, Wisconsin
Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.
Madison, Wisconsin
Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.
Madison, Wisconsin
A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.
Plainfield, Wisconsin
Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.
Rudolph, Wisconsin
Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.
Ogema, Wisconsin
The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.
Ireland
Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.
Marquette, Michigan
Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.
Laona, Wisconsin
Experience the life of an 1800's lumberjack at this interactive museum that is only accessible by railroad.
Laona, Wisconsin
This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.
L'Anse, Michigan
This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.
Houghton, Michigan
The birthplace of professional hockey on the shores of Portage Lake.
Bemidji, Minnesota
This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.
Bemidji, Minnesota
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba
The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.
Gimli, Manitoba
Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
A celebration of one of the West End’s most recognizable figures, who made helping others his life's work.
Jamestown, North Dakota
A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.
Rugby, North Dakota
A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.