Places michaelamiller Wants to Go

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

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

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

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

A town filled with hot chocolate, dazzling lights, and lots of Christmas cheer.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

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

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

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

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

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

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

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

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

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.