Places northwoods63 Wants to Go

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

Lone survivor from Custer's Last Stand forever preserved.

This sacred space and gathering spot for the Wyandot Nation has been the surrounded by controversy and confusion.

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.

The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.