Palmer, Alaska
Musk Ox Farm
An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.
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Ketchikan, Alaska
Totem Bight State Historical Park
This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.
Anchorage, Alaska
Worlds Largest Chocolate Waterfall
While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.
North Pole, Alaska
Santa Claus House
A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Denali
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Aurora Ice Museum
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
Sac City, Iowa
World's Largest Popcorn Ball
Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.
Norton, Kansas
They Also Ran Gallery
A unique gallery chronicles the losers of American presidential history.
La Crosse, Kansas
Kansas Barbed Wire Museum
A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.
Cawker City, Kansas
World's Largest Ball of Twine
It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.
Goodland, Kansas
Giant Van Gogh Painting
Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.
Hutchinson, Kansas
Strataca, The Kansas Underground Salt Museum
Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
Wamego, Kansas
Oz Museum
A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.
Bayard, Nebraska
Chimney Rock
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Alliance, Nebraska
Carhenge
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Seguin, Texas
World's Largest Pecan
The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.
San Antonio, Texas
Old Time Wooden Nickel Company
A 2,500-pound wooden nickel makes this woodworking museum easy to spot from the road.
Lubbock, Texas
American Wind Power Center
This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.
Fort Stockton, Texas
Paisano Pete
The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.
Amarillo, Texas
Helium Time Columns Monument
A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.
Austin, Texas
Animatronic Lyndon Baines Johnson
Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.
McLean, Texas
Devil's Rope Museum
The folks at the Devil's Rope Museum want you to get hooked on barbed wire history.
Midland, Texas
The Petroleum Museum
The petroleum industry brings you the joys of hydrocarbons and largest collection of antique oil rigs in the world.
Austin, Texas
Susanna Dickinson Museum
A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.
