One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

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

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

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

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.

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

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

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

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.