Places jonebergquist Wants to Go

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

Built in 1869, this now-retired structure looks more like a medieval fortress than a county lock-up.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

An outsider art studio that created a piece of work so popular they had to turn mainstream.

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.