Places Jessfrawg Wants to Go

Walk along the intricate path of this stone labyrinth and gardens.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

The first home and studio that belonged to the famous architect.

After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

This monument owes its name to a quote by the famous civil rights activist and journalist.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

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

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

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

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Comprised of Spanish war cannons, this sculpture once graced the bow of a WWI warship.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

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

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