Peshtigo, Wisconsin
Peshtigo Fire Museum
A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.
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Peshtigo, Wisconsin
A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.
Green Bay, Wisconsin
The secluded resting place of a local historical figure who perished during the sinking of the Titanic.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
A historic ballroom host to famous performers from the big band era to 1980s rock.
Elkhorn, Wisconsin
It is the location of a string of sightings of a “werewolf” or “wolfman” from the early 1970s to the late ‘90s, now known as the Beast of Bray Road.
Wind Point, Wisconsin
One of the oldest and tallest lighthouses still in service on Lake Michigan.
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.
Maribel, Wisconsin
These rural ruins are of a Midwestern hotel that was once an elegant spa for the wealthy, then a gangster’s hideaway, and finally a haunted retreat.
Green Bay, Wisconsin
A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.
New Franken, Wisconsin
In 1859, the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared in this small town.
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.
Sister Bay, Wisconsin
Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Built by an accountant with a dream of running a grand resort, this estate has sat vacant for over half a century.
San Antonio, Texas
A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.
Fredericksburg, Texas
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Athens, Wisconsin
The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.
Marshfield, Wisconsin
"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.
Chicago, Illinois
A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.
Chicago, Illinois
This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."
Chicago, Illinois
This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Chicago, Illinois
This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
Pensacola, Florida
Once the primary source of ice in this region during the mid-20th century.