Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

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

A larger-than-life version of the hat beloved by hunters, outdoorsmen, and Holden Caulfield.

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

The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

It's believed the soldier was 109 years old when he passed away.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

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

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

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

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.