Iowa City, Iowa
The Black Angel of Oakland Cemetery
A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.
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Iowa City, Iowa
A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.
Gladbrook, Iowa
A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Madison, Wisconsin
Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.
Brandon, Iowa
The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.
North St Paul, Minnesota
Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.
Athens, Wisconsin
The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Triangular House built on a leafy residential street in St. Paul.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Rudolph, Wisconsin
Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.
Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.
Winterset, Iowa
This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.
Plainfield, Wisconsin
Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.
West Bend, Iowa
A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Neillsville, Wisconsin
The world's largest talking cow would like to tell you about the benefits of 100% Wisconsin dairy products, if only she still could.
Beloit, Wisconsin
The world’s largest collection of angel figurines includes 600 black angels donated by Oprah Winfrey.
Rockford, Illinois
The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.
Kewanee, Illinois
The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.
Madison, Wisconsin
A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.