Dickeyville, Wisconsin
The Dickeyville Grotto
A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.
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Dickeyville, Wisconsin
A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
Moorhead, Minnesota
This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.
Phillips, Wisconsin
An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.
Madison, Wisconsin
A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Hollandale, Wisconsin
One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.
Belleville, Wisconsin
Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.
Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin
A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
This Wild West attraction is alive with glitching automatons.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.
McHenry, North Dakota
A lonely house representing railroad history tells the stories of those who rode the rails.
Cooperstown, North Dakota
These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.
Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota
The U.S.' first commercial park dedicated entirely to flying drones.
Wahpeton, North Dakota
On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.
Paradise, Michigan
This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
Grand Marais, Michigan
This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.
Shingleton, Michigan
This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.