This animatronic Christmas village within an industrial park creates a whimsical juxtaposition.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.

Three playfully immersive mini golf courses let you travel alongside your ball to the cup at this facility, which has been around since the 1950s.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

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

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

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

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

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

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

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

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

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.