A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

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

The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

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.

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

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

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

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Nebraska’s longest-running summer theater is a musical tribute to cowboy culture.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.

The sump of the landlocked Carson River is a haven for wildlife.

Clark County Museum has created an entire street of historically important buildings relocated from various other locations within the county.

The museum is housed inside the historic 1863 Carson City Mint.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

Two craters, which probably erupted within the last 1,500 years and are now filled by alkaline lakes, represent Nevada's youngest known volcanic activity.

A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.