Washington, Wisconsin
Washington Island Stave Church
Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.
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Washington, Wisconsin
Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
La Pointe, Wisconsin
These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.
Lincoln, Nebraska
A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.
Falls City, Nebraska
A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.
Arthur, Nebraska
This Nebraska museum was once the smallest courthouse in America.
Potter, Nebraska
Storage units with a wartime past.
Beatrice, Nebraska
This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.
Royal, Nebraska
When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.
Harrison, Nebraska
Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.
Chadron, Nebraska
America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.
Ogallala, Nebraska
A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.
Omaha, Nebraska
These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.
Harvard, Nebraska
The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.
Omaha, Nebraska
A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.
Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.
Harrison, Nebraska
Otherworldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Knoxville, Iowa
The only museum in the world dedicated to the history of sprint car racing, next to one of the country's most historic dirt tracks.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.
Anamosa, Iowa
Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.