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

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

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

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

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

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

Experience the life of an 1800's lumberjack at this interactive museum that is only accessible by railroad.

Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

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

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

A theme park attraction designed to turn your children into LARPers.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

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