Places jennilournbsn Wants to Go

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

Lined with plaques and tributes to veterans, this patriotic street was founded by Mexican immigrants.

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

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

Grant Wood painted some of his most famous works of art at this studio.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

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

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.

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

This 200-year-old cabin was the home of some of the first Wisconsin “badgers” and the site of the broken promises that led to their arrival.

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

Two hula hoops appeared on the tree after a storm, and the collection kept growing.

Spend the night in this former asylum for the incurably insane, which claims to be one of the most haunted places in the United States.

A mother’s sweet tradition lives on with this unique memorial.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

Explore a real 19th-century lead and zinc mine at this immersive series of exhibits.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.