This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

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

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.