A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

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

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.

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

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

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

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

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

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

Where the notorious gang lived while on the run from the FBI.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

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.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.