Council Bluffs, Iowa
Pottawattamie Squirrel Cage Jail
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
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Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Omaha, Nebraska
A miniature baseball stadium honoring Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home of the College World Series from 1950-2010.
Loveland, Ohio
A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Cañon City, Colorado
This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
North Vancouver, British Columbia
This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.
Iceland
A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Dublin, Ireland
More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Kansas City, Missouri
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
Kansas City, Missouri
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.