This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

At this Wisconsin museum there are real ducks, fake ducks, duck calls and a Duck Blind.

This odd-shaped relic from the 1964 New York World's Fair found its way back home to Wisconsin.

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

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

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

Expansive and colorful studio of Minneapolis art-star, Doug Padilla.

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

Complex aquaponics systems allow fish and plants to grow in harmony.

A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.

A town filled with hot chocolate, dazzling lights, and lots of Christmas cheer.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

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

A former barn converted into a massive train diorama.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

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