This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

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

Vice President Humphrey's final resting place is tucked away in this cemetery along with a few other notable figures.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

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

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

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

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

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

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

A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

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

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.