Places johncyrilokeefe Wants to Go

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

This statue of Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks immortalizes one of the greatest moments in American sports history.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

A Norwegian church that was built before Wisconsin was even a state has been entirely moved to a nicer spot.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

This private home is famous for appearing in the cult-classic "Twin Peaks" series.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.

The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.