This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

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.

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

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

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

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

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

This century-old barn is home to a homey, eclectic film festival.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

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

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

Museum with an extensive collection of Cray supercomputers and related artifacts.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

This odd-shaped relic from the 1964 New York World's Fair found its way back home to Wisconsin.

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

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

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