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

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

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

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

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

A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

The magazine keeps a perfectly groomed display garden for its photo shoots.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

This softly rounded mansion was built without corners not to avoid evil spirits, but to make them more comfortable.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

A 100-year-old chair with joints "cemented by nature."

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.