This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

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 old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

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

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

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

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

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.