"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

The Art Deco Silver Screen.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.