This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

Home of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland.

This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

Home to a vast collection of The Wizard of Oz memorabilia and the site of an infamous theft.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

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.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

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

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

This stone marker honors the man who released Canada goose goslings in Fort Collins, Colorado.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.