South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

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

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

Grant Wood painted some of his most famous works of art at this studio.

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

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

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

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

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.

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

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

This odd-shaped relic from the 1964 New York World's Fair found its way back home to Wisconsin.