Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

The murals have transformed a residential alley into a vibrant drive-through gallery.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

A unique collection of artistic rides

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

In an alley behind a Fargo bar, you can roleplay as Mario while interacting with a popular street mural.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.