Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.

The final resting place of one of Thomas Jefferson's formerly enslaved sons.

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

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

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

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

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

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

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

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

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

Built in France in the 1400s, this gothic chapel now resides at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.