Places Michael Barera Wants to Go

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

Experience the life of an 1800's lumberjack at this interactive museum that is only accessible by railroad.

This holy goods emporium is where priests go for a little retail therapy to outfit their churches.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

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

Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

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

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

A student designed this 3D-printed scale replica of the entire university campus.

Lined with plaques and tributes to veterans, this patriotic street was founded by Mexican immigrants.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.