Places bigskyred Wants to Go

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

What better place to take a seat?

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.

Two hula hoops appeared on the tree after a storm, and the collection kept growing.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

The magazine keeps a perfectly groomed display garden for its photo shoots.

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.

The “American Gothic" artist's largest works hang in an Iowa State University library.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

The World's Largest Bull.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.