Places Mama Shotts Wants to Go

The world's largest talking cow would like to tell you about the benefits of 100% Wisconsin dairy products, if only she still could.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

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

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

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

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

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

A large circus museum with summer performances.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.