20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

The museum houses one of the world's largest collections of glass paperweights.

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.

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

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

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

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

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

A 100-year-old chair with joints "cemented by nature."

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

Experience the life of an 1800's lumberjack at this interactive museum that is only accessible by railroad.

One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

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

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

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.