Places joewicklund Wants to Go

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

One of the only remaining vestiges of baseball's Negro Leagues in Atlanta.

These modest Midwestern formations are kin to Niagara Falls' impressive cliffs, more than 600 miles away.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

A mile-long audio-guided walking tour preserves an iconic era of Portland soul music.

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

Sculpture garden and miniature golf course blend together in the oversized backyard of a Minnesota sculptor.

An outsider art duo's yard has been turned into a whimsical public gallery.

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

The world's largest egg has been cracked a number of times over the years but has been repeatedly replaced.

This bridge provides safe passage for squirrels.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.