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

A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

This iconic water tower and failed bandstand is open for panoramic views once a year.

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.

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

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.