This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

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

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

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

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

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

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.