Places johncyrilokeefe Wants to Go

The founder of a utopian religious community based on the Golden Rule laid his son to rest on this grassy hill.

This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.

In the midst of a residential town in Washington exists a property saturated with one man's artistic creations.

Celebrate Earth Day with a menagerie of vibrant, artistic animal costumes.

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

This super-sized skillet is a replica of a usable giant pan where a woman once skated on bacon.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

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

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

Each of these 87 large stones has a unique message. Together, they form part of the Minnesota Military Family Tribute.

This metal shop's yard is filled with cutout art including an Eiffel Tower replica and Noah's Arch.

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

This once prosperous community was home to European settlers and the Ojibwe.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

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

This plaque marks the spot where the first crossing guards helped get kids safely to school.

Vice President Humphrey's final resting place is tucked away in this cemetery along with a few other notable figures.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.

A garden full of metal sculptures that celebrate the double bass.

The largest Walleye statue in the world calls this Minnesota town home.

Home of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland.