No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

This double-arched masonry highway bridge is the only structure of its kind in Minnesota.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.

Hidden in magnificent rolling countryside, see what may be the largest modern stone circle in the world at Wisconsin's very own "Stonehenge”

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

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

Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.

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

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.