The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

A palatial art deco restroom.

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

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

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

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

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

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.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

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

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.