A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

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

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

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

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

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

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

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

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

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

The world's only known button museum.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

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