Dexter, Iowa
Bonnie and Clyde Dexter Shootout Marker
The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.
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Dexter, Iowa
The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.
Dyersville, Iowa
A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.
Iowa City, Iowa
A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.
Pella, Iowa
An Iowa town celebrates its heritage with the tallest working Dutch windmill in North America.
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Hidden in the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum is a "real" and terrifying petrified giant.
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
Ames, Iowa
Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.
Brandon, Iowa
The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.
Gladbrook, Iowa
A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.
Joplin, Missouri
A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Lansing, Michigan
Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.
Kelleys Island, Ohio
Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.
South Lyon, Michigan
This early 20th-century former train station’s unusual roof shape earned it a rather witchy name.
Pontiac, Michigan
What was once the largest NFL stadium.
Southgate, Michigan
The world's largest commercially available hamburger is complete with 15 pounds of lettuce, 30 pounds of bacon, and 36 pounds of cheese.
Dearborn, Michigan
Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.
Dearborn, Michigan
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Highland Park, Michigan
Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.
Detroit, Michigan
Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.
Detroit, Michigan
Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.
Hamtramck, Michigan
A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.
Detroit, Michigan
This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.
Detroit, Michigan
The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.