Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin
Bathtub Spring
A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.
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Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin
A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.
Fountain City, Wisconsin
A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.
Cochrane, Wisconsin
Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.
Decorah, Iowa
Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.
Harmony, Minnesota
This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.
Kellogg, Minnesota
This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.
Woodland, Wisconsin
An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.
Richland Center, Wisconsin
The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.
Spillville, Iowa
Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.
Pepin, Wisconsin
Expansive and colorful studio of Minneapolis art-star, Doug Padilla.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.
Plainfield, Wisconsin
Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.
Two Rivers, Wisconsin
The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Paranormal activity on the great lakes.
Rostock, Germany
A taxidermied stork with an arrow through its neck proved that birds migrate.
Tchirozérine, Niger
The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.