During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

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.

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

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

A renowned Civil War veteran, this Bald eagle now presides over the Wisconsin State Assembly.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

From burial ground bocce ball court.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.