Places missSILENTchill Wants to Go

The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.

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

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

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

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

The empty town of Scenic, South Dakota, is owned by a church in the Philippines.

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

A small-town Nebraska museum is home to thousands of handmade clown dolls.

This 19th century Sioux City candy company is the home of the Twin Bing, a historic, chocolate-covered treat.

America's first National Historic Landmark is a 100-foot tall obelisk and gravesite dedicated to the only casualty of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

Hidden in the grounds of the Fort Dodge Museum is a "real" and terrifying petrified giant.

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

Ancient volcanic activity made this into an exciting rockhounding site.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.