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

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Take a walk on Minnesota’s last historic covered bridge.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

A 22-foot stainless steel quilting needle pays tribute to a local connection to fiber arts.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

A collection of soda memorabilia that spans decades.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

A vineyard devoted entirely to an unexplored flavor frontier.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.