Places sherryolet Wants to Go

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

An authentic Dutch windmill, built in the Netherlands and shipped to Wisconsin.

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

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

A 30-foot-tall sculpture pays homage to what was once the Steering Wheel Capital of the World.

One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.

Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

A lonely stone-sided terminal stands next to a grass airstrip on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.

A preserved stump is all that remains of the once-mighty hardwood.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

The artwork honors those who are dedicated to preserving the beautiful Michigan peninsula.

This former county courthouse was originally an opulent hotel and entertainment venue.

The structure has welcomed visitors to this scenic harbor city on Lake Michigan for many decades.