One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

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

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

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

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

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

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.