Monticello, Minnesota
Swan Park
Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.
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Monticello, Minnesota
Thousands of majestic trumpeter swans fill this park, sounding distinctly like a certain brass instrument.
Two Harbors, Minnesota
This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.
Minnesota
When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.
Superior, Wisconsin
A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.
Duluth, Minnesota
This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.
Moorhead, Minnesota
This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Bemidji, Minnesota
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
Excelsior, Minnesota
This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.
Caledonia, Missouri
This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.
Bristol, England
England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.
Palermo, Italy
This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.
Jordan, Minnesota
This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.
Chittorgarh, India
A former bastion of Rajput chivalry, this massive hill fort is the site of legend and tragedy.
Boulder, Montana
This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.
Truro, England
Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.
Chicago, Illinois
Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.
Kerry, Ireland
Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.
San Diego, California
An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.
San Diego, California
A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.
San Diego, California
An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.
San Diego, California
This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.