Places rainahere Wants to Go

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.

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

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

Hidden in magnificent rolling countryside, see what may be the largest modern stone circle in the world at Wisconsin's very own "Stonehenge”

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.

A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.