Places phildzielski Wants to Go

The World's Largest Bull.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.