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Idaho City

Idaho City, Idaho

Idaho City

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Big Idaho Potato Hotel

Boise, Idaho

Big Idaho Potato Hotel

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Disk marking the Idaho Initial Point

Kuna, Idaho

Idaho Initial Point

A volcanic core jutting above the plain between the Snake and Boise Rivers, a marker identifies the reference point for all U.S. Government Surveys in Idaho.

Armstrong Nugget

Baker City, Oregon

The Armstrong Nugget

This 80.33 troy ounces of solid gold is believed to be the largest nugget from Oregon still in its original form.

Baker City’s salt lick statue.

Baker City, Oregon

The Great Salt Lick

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

Kewpee Angel

Lima, Ohio

Kewpee Hamburgers

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

Palm Beach's clock tower.

Palm Beach, Florida

Worth Avenue Clock Tower

This 25-foot tall clock tower commemorates the start of one of America's foremost shopping districts and the end of the historic Palm Beach Pier.

A lion at The Wild Animal Sanctuary, Keenesburg, Colorado.

Keenesburg, Colorado

The Wild Animal Sanctuary

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

Blue Mustang

Denver, Colorado

Blue Mustang

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

The Kokomantis: A Famous Giant Preying Mantis Scrap Metal Sculpture

Kokomo, Indiana

KokoMantis

Along this stretch of Indiana roadway resides a giant insect composed entirely of scrap metal.

Old Ben stands in his private pavilion. Straw hides his wheels.

Kokomo, Indiana

Old Ben Pavilion

More than 100 years after his death, the world's largest steer is still attracting crowds.

Lincoln overlooking the town of Wabash, IN

Wabash, Indiana

The Lincoln Monument

Abraham Lincoln never visited Wabash, but his statue found a home there.

Modoc's Market

Wabash, Indiana

Modoc's Market

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

The world's largest popcorn ball. (The Popcorn Factory)

Sac City, Iowa

World's Largest Popcorn Ball

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.

Cut open your Bing to reveal a delicious cross-section.

Sioux City, Iowa

Palmer's Olde Tyme Candy Shoppe

This 19th century Sioux City candy company is the home of the Twin Bing, a historic, chocolate-covered treat.

The Sergeant Floyd Monument.

Sioux City, Iowa

Sergeant Floyd Monument

America's first National Historic Landmark is a 100-foot tall obelisk and gravesite dedicated to the only casualty of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

This animatronic dinosaur now rests in peace.

Akron, Iowa

Warty Willy the Stegosaurus

This 'terrible lizard' was one of the world's first animatronic dinosaurs.

Sign next to the cow-calf sculpture describing the life of Norma "Duffy" Stong Lyon

Toledo, Iowa

Butter Cow Statue

Bronze sculpture paying homage to Norma “Duffy” Lyon, famous for creating a life-size cow made of butter at the state fair.

World’s Largest Watermelon Sculpture

Muscatine, Iowa

World’s Largest Watermelon Sculpture

A colossal watermelon slice celebrating Muscatine’s sweet agricultural heritage.

Uniroyal Gal in her bikini during the summer pool season.

Peoria, Illinois

Uniroyal Gal

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

The Story City Carousel

Story City, Iowa

Story City Carousel

This hand-carved wooden carousel in the Story City North Park was built in 1913.

The gap between the two structures that comprise Arc of Dreams represents a leap of faith.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

'Arc of Dreams'

This soaring sculpture and Sioux Falls landmark represents the leap of faith taken to make one's dreams come true.

View of the ghost town

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Buffalo Ridge 1880 Cowboy Town

This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.

Sioux Falls Park

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Falls Park

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

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