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The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

Forever immortalized in concrete, this Simpsons etching was crafted by show creator Matt Groening.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

A memorial for the mustachioed record-setting runner.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

Approximately 50,000 gallons of water gush from these springs, creating the Metolius River.

In eastern Oregon, two mineral hot springs sit along the Malheur River in a fairly desolate area where peace and quiet are abound.

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

There's something big lurking beneath the surface of this tiny Oregon park.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.