The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

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

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

From buttons to beads, flounces to fripperies, this textile museum and shop honors the history of needlework.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

A storybook European village in Berkeley.

Handmade treasures from around the world.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

A gap in the concrete has been transformed into a miniature playground for the mind.