Places joparkman Wants to Go

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

Visit the art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.

An homage to the pointers and retrievers that have long been a hunter's best friend.

For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

This limestone outcropping was once a ceremonial site for ancient Native Americans.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.

Thousands of people walk over this fantastic work of art every day, but how many notice it?

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

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

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

A hidden oasis in the heart of Minneapolis is also an Important Bird Area.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.