Places marytreptow Wants to Go

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

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

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.