Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Grand Prismatic Spring
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
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Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Regent, North Dakota
One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.
New Salem, North Dakota
The world's largest Holstein cow.
Jamestown, North Dakota
A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.
Jamestown, North Dakota
Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Perpetually Under construction Park.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Building for Your (Former) Funerary Needs.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.
Sparta, Wisconsin
These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.
Sparta, Wisconsin
Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
Chicago, Illinois
The world's only known button museum.
Dublin, Ohio
The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Silver Spring, Maryland
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
East Cleveland, Ohio
This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.