Places jen487 Wants to Go

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.

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

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

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

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

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

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

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

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

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