This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

Tucked away in the forests of Indiana resides an abandoned waterslide that is now a popular graffiti haunt.

Display that gathers the basic elements of the universe in one convenient location.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

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

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

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

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.

A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.

Other-worldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

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

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.