Villisca, Iowa
Villisca Axe Murder House
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
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Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Virginia, Minnesota
The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.
Longville, Minnesota
Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A nerdcentric group and creators of the Nerd Prom.
Monticello, Minnesota
Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.
Tower, Minnesota
Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Real LegoLand.
Belgrade, Minnesota
This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.
Minnesota
When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.
Rosemount, Minnesota
The remains of a World War II munitions factory still haunt the fields of this Twin Cities suburb.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.
Darwin, Minnesota
17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.
Lake Itasca, Minnesota
At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Harmony, Minnesota
This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.
Kilauea, Hawaii
A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.
Pāhoa, Hawaii
Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.
Wahiawa, Hawaii
Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.