This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.

Comprised of Spanish war cannons, this sculpture once graced the bow of a WWI warship.

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.

Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.