Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

This lonely tower survived the landslide that devastated much of a Mexican mining town.

The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.

Located in the shadow of a volcano, this church is tied to the culture of the Purépecha people.

Climb and walk into the crater of one of the youngest volcanoes on Earth.

One of Mexico's rare urban natural parks features waterfalls and a working fish farm.

This 16th-century church now has a heavenly second life as a cultural hub of Pátzcuaro.

Climb through the life of a Mexican hero as you ascend a 130-foot statue.

Artwork celebrates the local culture in the region around the world’s youngest volcano.

This church, buried halfway in lava rock, is all that remains of a Mexican village destroyed by a volcano.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

A collection of pianos and more guaranteed to delight anyone interested in music history.

A stone face watches over the river.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

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

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

Ever wanted to can Spam?

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

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

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.