Sparta, Wisconsin
Wegner Grotto
Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.
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Sparta, Wisconsin
Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.
Sister Bay, Wisconsin
Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.
Athens, Wisconsin
The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.
Washington, Wisconsin
Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.
Washington Island, Wisconsin
This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.
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.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Gallatin, Missouri
A Mormon place of exile in Missouri.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
Joplin, Missouri
A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.
Ironton, Missouri
In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.
Chicago, Illinois
A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.
Chicago, Illinois
Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.
Chicago, Illinois
Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.
Chicago, Illinois
A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.
Queens, New York
A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.
Adelaide, Australia
Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.
Wentworth Point, Australia
Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.
Raymond Island, Australia
Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.
Columbus, Ohio
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
Wellington, Kentucky
Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.
Washington, D.C.
A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.
Washington, D.C.
The span is crooked and made from two older recycled bridges.