Columbia, Missouri
Devil's Icebox
Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.
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Columbia, Missouri
Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.
Madrid, Iowa
A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.
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.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Enter the Forest of the Elves.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.
Garretson, South Dakota
The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.
Rapid City, South Dakota
A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.
Rapid City, South Dakota
This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.
Nekoma, North Dakota
The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Wichita, Kansas
A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.
Wamego, Kansas
A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.
Lawton, Oklahoma
American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."
Arc-et-Senans, France
The shape of this old salt factory complex was inspired by the course of the Sun.
Cornimont, France
This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.
Colmar, France
A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.
Austin, Texas
DIY collection of eclectic holdings.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Casa Grande, Arizona
An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.