This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

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

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

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

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.