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

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

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

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.

Ever wanted to can Spam?

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."