At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

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

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

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

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

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

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...

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.