St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Lilac Park
Originally built by the Works Progress Administration, this park was recently saved from demolition.
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St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Originally built by the Works Progress Administration, this park was recently saved from demolition.
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Art Deco Silver Screen.
Excelsior, Minnesota
This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.
Chanhassen, Minnesota
Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Hidden in the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum is a "real" and terrifying petrified giant.
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Paxton, Nebraska
What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.
Grover, Colorado
On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.
Orchard, Colorado
In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.
Fort Morgan, Colorado
The final resting place of a legendary science fiction author and his fraternal twin sister who died as an infant.
Genoa, Colorado
See six states from the newly restored 100-year-old historic roadside attraction.
Burlington, Colorado
One of few remaining antique carousels with stationary animals in the U.S.
Weskan, Kansas
A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.
Lamar, Colorado
Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Cripple Creek, Colorado
Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.