Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

No Gordon Lightfoot song, only a barebones monument to greed.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

A scenic ravine with an astounding collection of rock art created by the Indigenous people of the Great Plains.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

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

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

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

Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

The humble beginnings of the man known for his lavish "champagne" music.

Only place outside China and India where two overhead DC power lines cross.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

This sky-high radio mast is formerly the tallest man-made structure in the world.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.