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Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.

As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

This steep-walled ravine contains animal-shaped formations made from sandstone.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

The final resting place of two unknown soldiers.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

This carved armchair marks the final resting place for two pals in the Chicago suburbs.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.