A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

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

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

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

Hidden in the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum is a "real" and terrifying petrified giant.

An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

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

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.

An obelisk commemorating Lincoln's role in connecting the coasts.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.

The fastest mail service in the west is tracked and memorialized along this 1,400 mile trail.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

A beloved, quirky little fountain featuring a large frog spitting water at a naked boy.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.