Alexandria, Minnesota
Big Ole
America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.
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Alexandria, Minnesota
America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Garretson, South Dakota
The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.
New Orleans, Louisiana
By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.
Wichita Falls, Texas
World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Waukegan, Illinois
A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Dubuque, Iowa
This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.
Dyersville, Iowa
A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.
Detroit, Michigan
Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.
Chicago, Illinois
Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.
Wilmette, Illinois
The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.
Chicago, Illinois
The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Lombard, Illinois
This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.
Batavia, Illinois
Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.
Rockford, Illinois
The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.
Lincoln, Ontario
The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.
Golden, Colorado
"All Mountains - All The Time."
Dallas, Texas
See the sky in a new way through this art installation.
Sarnia, Ontario
Over 60 chemical plants and oil refineries sit in a 15-mile-wide section outside town.
Port Huron, Michigan
This small museum is dedicated to making sure the history of the natural ice industry doesn't melt away.