One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

The cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

This lone survivor of a regional franchise still slings delicious burgers and colossal servings of fries.

1887 era Russian Orthodox church in Minneapolis.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

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

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.