The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

A place to eat for on-the-run agents and espionage enthusiasts.

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

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

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.

Austin’s local mountain isn’t really a mountain at all.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.