Vermillion, South Dakota
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie
Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."
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Vermillion, South Dakota
Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Midlothian, Illinois
A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.
Chicago, Illinois
These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Chicago, Illinois
This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Des Moines, Iowa
This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.
Garretson, South Dakota
The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
Eagle River, Wisconsin
A one-stop shop for all things snowmobile, started by a snowmobile-obsessed group of friends in Wisconsin.
Pipestone, Minnesota
A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.
Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin
A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.
Two Harbors, Minnesota
This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.
Duluth, Minnesota
This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.
Duluth, Minnesota
The watery grave of an impractical idea.
Duluth, Minnesota
This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Duluth, Minnesota
A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
Harmony, Minnesota
This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.