Alexandria, Minnesota
Big Ole
America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.
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Alexandria, Minnesota
America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Montrose, South Dakota
A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.
Deadwood, South Dakota
A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.
Memphis, Tennessee
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.
Nashville, Tennessee
The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.
Kansas City, Missouri
The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.
Kansas City, Missouri
The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.
Springfield, Missouri
A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.
Cuba, Missouri
The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Riverside, Iowa
A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.
Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Adair, Iowa
Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.
West Des Moines, Iowa
A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.
Clear Lake, Iowa
A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.
Mansfield, Missouri
Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.
Winterset, Iowa
This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.
Brandon, Iowa
The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.
Sibley, Iowa
The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.
Des Moines, Iowa
Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.
Britt, Iowa
An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.
Audubon, Iowa
The World's Largest Bull.