Shorewood, Wisconsin
Shorewood Ghost Train
A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.
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Shorewood, Wisconsin
A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.
Hollandale, Wisconsin
One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.
Superior, Wisconsin
A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.
Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin
Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.
Argyle, Wisconsin
A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.
Ogema, Wisconsin
The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.
Dickeyville, Wisconsin
A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.
Belleville, Wisconsin
Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.
Ladysmith, Wisconsin
A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.
Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.
Hayward, Wisconsin
Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.
Shullsburg, Wisconsin
A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.
Red Cliff, Colorado
Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.
Florissant, Colorado
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
Bellvue, Colorado
The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.
Lemmon, South Dakota
An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Yes, this monument is aware that it is about 20 miles away from the actual center of the United States.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.
Spearfish, South Dakota
This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.