A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

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

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.