Places Michael Barera Wants to Go

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

A 100-year-old chair with joints "cemented by nature."

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

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

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

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

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

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

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

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

Vice President Humphrey's final resting place is tucked away in this cemetery along with a few other notable figures.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

This sprawling building built in 1890 was one of Minnesota’s earliest and largest mental health facilities.

This Minnesota-shaped forest is actually located in the state it is shaped like.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.