Dassel, Minnesota
The Mushroom Building
The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.
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Dassel, Minnesota
The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.
Maiden Rock, Wisconsin
Every winter, dozens of otherworldly ice structures sprout up from a rigged up artesian well.
Dexter, Iowa
The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.
West Des Moines, Iowa
A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.
Columbus Junction, Iowa
A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Britt, Iowa
An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
Madison, Wisconsin
Amateur taxidermy museum known for its large collection of white squirrels.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.
Sparta, Wisconsin
Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.
Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin
A roadside spring pooling in an old bathtub where anyone can stop and sip.
Sparta, Wisconsin
Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
Chicken, Alaska
A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.
Lovell, Wyoming
Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.