On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

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

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

A winged-helmed, sword-brandishing tribute to German Americans.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

A jaw-dropping brutalist space church seems to have crash-landed in the middle of America.

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

A stone face watches over the river.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.