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A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

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.

An underappreciated sculpture garden just a few blocks from the capitol building.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

A collection of pianos and more guaranteed to delight anyone interested in music history.

The home of 1.5 million wood letters for printing is still a functioning workshop.

This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

This steep-walled ravine contains animal-shaped formations made from sandstone.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

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

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

An authentic Dutch windmill, built in the Netherlands and shipped to Wisconsin.