World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

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

Each of these 87 large stones has a unique message. Together, they form part of the Minnesota Military Family Tribute.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

From burial ground bocce ball court.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

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

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.

A collection of vintage liaison aircraft kept in flying condition and on display at an airfield in San Antonio.

A peg-legged tightrope walker did not reveal his name as he was dying, and so he was buried as “Rope Walker."

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a 90 year old passion play.

"Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery."

An antique horse-drawn hearse provided French luxury for the dead in this Texan town.

A mother's mourning for her lost son is remembered in this small park embedded with his memory.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

This unusual roadside attraction filled with handcrafted signage is home to a unique church.

The wood bears a hidden love note carved by a young Johnny Cash.