Ames, Iowa
Elwood, the World's Tallest Concrete Gnome
Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.
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Ames, Iowa
Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.
Madison, Wisconsin
Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
A large circus museum with summer performances.
San Antonio, Texas
The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.
Austin, Texas
Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This Viking-inspired miniature golf course features a pirate ship and views of Icelandic landscapes.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.
Madison, Wisconsin
A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
Niles, Illinois
Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.
Batavia, Illinois
World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.
Metropolis, Illinois
You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.
Anna, Illinois
This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.
Chicago, Illinois
This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.
Geneva, Illinois
A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.
Rockford, Illinois
The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.
Alton, Illinois
This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.
Normal, Illinois
This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.
Lincolnshire, Illinois
This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.
Chicago, Illinois
This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.
Chicago, Illinois
The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.