Places giesekeguys Wants to Go

This Minnesota-shaped forest is actually located in the state it is shaped like.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

An impressive collection of farm equipment and other artifacts from life on the prairie.

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

This moving cemetery sphere is a slowly rolling stone.

This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.

In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.