A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

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

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

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

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

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

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

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

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

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

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

This monument remembers one of the manliest men of the frontier who fought a grizzly before dragging himself 200 miles to safety.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.