Blanchard, North Dakota
KVLY-TV Mast
This sky-high radio mast is formerly the tallest man-made structure in the world.
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Blanchard, North Dakota
This sky-high radio mast is formerly the tallest man-made structure in the world.
Kansas City, Missouri
Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
Eureka, Missouri
This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.
St. Louis, Missouri
What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.
Winterset, Iowa
This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.
Kansas City, Missouri
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Kansas City, Missouri
Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.
Kansas City, Missouri
Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
Topeka, Kansas
A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.
Topeka, Kansas
These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.
Pleasant Dale, Nebraska
The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.
Austin, Texas
Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.
Austin, Texas
A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.
Austin, Texas
Free public park and gardens filled with peacocks and peahens.
Austin, Texas
A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Amarillo, Texas
A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Marfa, Texas
This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.
Marfa, Texas
Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.