Places Vic Tanner Wants to Go

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

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

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.