Rhinelander, Wisconsin
The Hodag
The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.
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Rhinelander, Wisconsin
The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.
Atlanta, Illinois
While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.
Hell, Michigan
Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.
Anamosa, Iowa
Remnants of a quarry company town still stand on the banks of the Wapsipinicon River.
Kokomo, Indiana
Low-frequency noise compared to an idling train can only be heard by some of this industrial town's residents.
Somerset Center, Michigan
This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.
Midland, Michigan
There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying the Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Normal, Illinois
This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.
Sparta, Wisconsin
These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.
Chester, Illinois
Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.
Cairo, Illinois
The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Cedar, Michigan
The secret skeleton of a murdered nun was discovered in this church basement, but the scandal doesn't end there.
Traverse City, Michigan
Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.
Scales Mound, Illinois
This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.
Shullsburg, Wisconsin
A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.
Elkhart, Indiana
A concrete block embedded with thousands of pulled teeth was created by a local dentist to memorialize his dog.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Verona, Wisconsin
Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.