As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

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.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

This quirky roadside attraction provides insight into Minnesota's logging history.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

A stone face watches over the river.

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.