New Salem, North Dakota
Salem Sue
The world's largest Holstein cow.
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New Salem, North Dakota
The world's largest Holstein cow.
Regent, North Dakota
One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.
Belgrade, Minnesota
This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.
Cold Spring, Minnesota
After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.
Jamestown, North Dakota
A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.
Bismarck, North Dakota
Mennes invented the tags we all place annually upon our license plates, and his story is told frankly and in full upon his headstone.
Two Harbors, Minnesota
This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.
Minnesota
When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.
Duluth, Minnesota
The watery grave of an impractical idea.
Superior, Wisconsin
A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Dodgeville, Wisconsin
One of the last surviving C-97s sits in a field in front of a Wisconsin inn.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Richland Center, Wisconsin
The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.
Sparta, Wisconsin
Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.
Sparta, Wisconsin
These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
This beacon for pre-radar pilots once guided Charles Lindbergh to a safe touchdown in Tulsa.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.