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

A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

An abandoned bus station transformed into a museum dedicated to the history of Greyhound Lines, in the place where it all began.

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

Triangular House built on a leafy residential street in St. Paul.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

Mine your own precious stones.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

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

A prehistoric landscape hidden in the cliffs of Maha'ulepu.

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.