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

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

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.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.