The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.

A warehouse for all of your architectural details.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

A palatial art deco restroom.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.