Places viv157 Wants to Go

Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.

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

Built in 1933, this unique ballroom is nicknamed the "floating dance floor."

Museum with an extensive collection of Cray supercomputers and related artifacts.

The museum houses one of the world's largest collections of glass paperweights.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.

The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.

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

This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

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

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

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.