This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

The restored ferry is now a dockside museum and a unique bed and breakfast.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

A 12-foot sculpture serves as a constant reminder of the importance of protecting and restoring the Boardman River.   

This tree was warped centuries ago to serve as a botanical wayfaring tool.

Talula the swan has been welcoming visitors to Elk Rapids, Michigan, for more than four decades.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

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

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.

The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.