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In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

A touching tribute to a local hero who made sure his neighborhood stayed clean.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

Known locally as "the giant head," this 14-foot LED sculpture has a photo booth in the neck where you can have a 3D picture taken and displayed.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

This former office building has been transformed into an immersive music venue and art space.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation

A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

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

Grant Wood painted some of his most famous works of art at this studio.

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

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

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

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.