Places Kyfaha Wants to Go

Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.

A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.

For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

This collection of shrines features large statues of Jesus and Mary, plus views of Sioux City.

A cobalt-lit cemetery statue that has inspired decades of local legends.

A delightful Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale experience, not far off the interstate.

More than 10,000 spoons, some more than a century old, are gathered here.

A colossal watermelon slice celebrating Muscatine’s sweet agricultural heritage.

Among the cornfields stands a giant spider crafted from an old Volkswagen.

What was once a communal kitchen now serves heaping portions of hearty German fare.

This tiny site in Iowa, part of a patchwork national wildlife refuge, is home to ancient flora and fauna.

Spend the night in this former asylum for the incurably insane, which claims to be one of the most haunted places in the United States.

This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

How did the 110-ton limestone statue cross the road?

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

This descriptively-named art museum occupies an abandoned former county jail

Michelangelo's first known painting went unnoticed for over 500 years

This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.

The North American Cryptid Museum doesn't simply tell stories about monsters—it invites you to step into their world.