Iowa City, Iowa
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.
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Iowa City, Iowa
The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.
Des Moines, Iowa
The magazine keeps a perfectly groomed display garden for its photo shoots.
Omaha, Nebraska
These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.
Lincoln, Nebraska
The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.
Chester, Illinois
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
Joliet, Illinois
A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.
Batavia, Illinois
Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.
Shirley, Illinois
Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.
Chicago, Illinois
This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.
Chicago, Illinois
All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Concordia, Kansas
This three-dimensional brick mural is the longest of its kind in the United States.
Lucas, Kansas
Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.
Cawker City, Kansas
It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.
Atlanta, Georgia
Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.
Marietta, Georgia
An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.
Huntsville, Utah
Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.