This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

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

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

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

This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.

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

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

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

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

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

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.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.