Places Zesra Wants to Go

An underground wonderland in Iowa.

Elaborate hand-carved wooden clocks two brothers made in their spare time are on display at this handsome little museum.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

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

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

This steep-walled ravine contains animal-shaped formations made from sandstone.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

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

Three playfully immersive mini golf courses let you travel alongside your ball to the cup at this facility, which has been around since the 1950s.

Comprised of Spanish war cannons, this sculpture once graced the bow of a WWI warship.

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.