A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

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

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

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.

A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.

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

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Preserving the story of an early 20th-century orphanage.