Denver, Colorado
Blue Mustang
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
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Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Schroeder, Minnesota
A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.
Rapid City, South Dakota
South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.
Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
A Norwegian church that was built before Wisconsin was even a state has been entirely moved to a nicer spot.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.
Falcon Heights, Minnesota
This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Built in 1931, this small passageway is believed to be the first modern skyway.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.
Hayward, Wisconsin
143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.
Heidelberg, Germany
It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.
Prague, Czechia
Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.
Ketura, Israel
This tree was extinct for a thousand years before sprouting again from a 2,000-year-old seed.
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
A giant "X" symbolizes the blood spilled from the brutal Juárez drug wars.