Places Raedar Wants to Go

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

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

A larger-than-life version of the hat beloved by hunters, outdoorsmen, and Holden Caulfield.

This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.

Taxidermy and miniatures come together to create this unique museum.

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

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

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.