This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

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A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

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

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

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

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

The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

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

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

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.

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

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

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

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

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.