Sparta, Wisconsin
Deke Slayton Memorial Space & Bicycle Museum
Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.
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Sparta, Wisconsin
Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.
Fountain City, Wisconsin
A curious sculpture garden and museum in Cochrane, Wisconsin.
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Dyersville, Iowa
A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.
Dickeyville, Wisconsin
A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.
Austin, Minnesota
Ever wanted to can Spam?
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
Brandon, Iowa
The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.
Darwin, Minnesota
17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.
Little Falls, Minnesota
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