One of the oldest and tallest lighthouses still in service on Lake Michigan.

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

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

This landmark honoring a local beer brand is an iconic part of the Minneapolis skyline.

A tiny 1857 chapel sits on top of a secluded, forested hill.

This early 20th-century rural drinking fountain provides water for both horses and humans.

A crash site in the heart of polar bear territory has become a beloved local landmark.

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

A monument at the site of the Towner School Bus Tragedy, which lead to changes in school bus safety.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.

A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.

A whimsical roadside community of little metal people.

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.