Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

A quaint miniatures museum that turns its focus towards the lives of Americans in a simpler time.

This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.

There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying The Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

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

This log cabin gallery is one man's gnarly, hand-carved tribute to his favorite trees.

Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."

Part taxidermy workshop, part natural history museum this Michigan destination shows off its dead animals and helps you mount your own.

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

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

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

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.