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Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine

Hibbing, Minnesota

Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine

Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the North," this open-pit mine in Minnesota has a much shorter history.

S.S. William A. Irvin

Duluth, Minnesota

S.S. William A. Irvin

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

Bell Museum of Natural History

Falcon Heights, Minnesota

Bell Museum

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

"Princess Kay of the Milky Way" Butter Heads

Saint Paul, Minnesota

"Princess Kay of the Milky Way" Butter Heads

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in Como Park, built in 1915.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Marjorie McNeely Conservatory (Como Park)

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

Three levels of shopping stacked on top of one another, built above the world's largest underground aquarium, and centered around a full-blown indoor amusement park.

Bloomington, Minnesota

The Mall of America

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Stones and Henge, respectively.

Amesbury, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Fremont Troll

Seattle, Washington

Fremont Troll

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Wall Drug

Wall, South Dakota

Wall Drug

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox, Bemidji

Bemidji, Minnesota

Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

The Cribs in winter.

Duluth, Minnesota

Uncle Harvey's Mausoleum

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

World's Largest Boot

Red Wing, Minnesota

World's Largest Boot

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

Nashville Parthenon

Nashville, Tennessee

Concrete Parthenon

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Pompey's Pillar

Worden, Montana

Pompey's Pillar

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

Mount Denali

Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Denali

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Split Rock Lighthouse

Two Harbors, Minnesota

Split Rock Lighthouse

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

Big Ole

Alexandria, Minnesota

Big Ole

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

Iguazu Falls

Foz do Iguaçu, Argentina

Iguazu Falls

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

Mount Horeb Trollway

Mount Horeb, Wisconsin

Mount Horeb Trollway

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

The Bakken Museum

Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Bakken Museum

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

Val's Rapid Service

St. Cloud, Minnesota

Val's Rapid Service

This lone survivor of a regional franchise still slings delicious burgers and colossal servings of fries.

A lot goes into making a little bit of cheese.

Tillamook, Oregon

Tillamook Creamery

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Goats with sign

Sister Bay, Wisconsin

Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

The headwaters at Lake Itasca

Lake Itasca, Minnesota

Headwaters of the Mississippi River

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

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