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This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

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

This lone survivor of a regional franchise still slings delicious burgers and colossal servings of fries.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

A garden full of metal sculptures that celebrate the double bass.

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

Over 140 boathouses built by miners from the Soudan Iron Mine in the early 20th century overlook Stuntz Bay on Lake Vermilion.

Where you can photograph wild black bears without worrying about becoming dinner.

This 25-foot-tall statue was built as a protest to a property dispute.

Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

A hidden gem that highlights the life and innovations of Les Paul, the "Wizard of Waukesha."

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.