Minneapolis, Minnesota
Thorp Building Navy Guard Towers
During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Waukesha, Wisconsin
A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
New York, New York
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Manchester, Maine
A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.
Sparta, Wisconsin
Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.
Sparta, Wisconsin
Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Washington Island, Wisconsin
This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.
Marshfield, Wisconsin
"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.
Hayward, Wisconsin
143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.
La Pointe, Wisconsin
These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.
Laona, Wisconsin
Experience the life of an 1800's lumberjack at this interactive museum that is only accessible by railroad.
Laona, Wisconsin
This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.
Ogema, Wisconsin
The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.