Places reaganmachugh Wants to Go

These rural ruins are of a Midwestern hotel that was once an elegant spa for the wealthy, then a gangster’s hideaway, and finally a haunted retreat.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

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.

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

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

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

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

This animatronic Christmas village within an industrial park creates a whimsical juxtaposition.

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

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

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

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

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

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

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

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

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