Places rbalevine Wants to Go

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

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

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

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

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

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

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

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

This hand-carved wooden carousel in the Story City North Park was built in 1913.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

The magazine keeps a perfectly groomed display garden for its photo shoots.