Batavia, Illinois
Fabyan Windmill
Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.
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Batavia, Illinois
Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.
Niles, Illinois
Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.
Collinsville, Illinois
Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.
Livingston, Illinois
Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.
Casey, Illinois
The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Life-size statues of characters from 'The Wizard of Oz' stand at the one of the early screening sites for the 1939 movie.
Little Chute, Wisconsin
An authentic Dutch windmill, built in the Netherlands and shipped to Wisconsin.
Woodruff, Wisconsin
In 1953, a group of Wisconsin high school students helped build a hospital by collecting over a million pennies.
Kaukauna, Wisconsin
This animatronic Christmas village within an industrial park creates a whimsical juxtaposition.
Laona, Wisconsin
This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.
Neillsville, Wisconsin
The world's largest talking cow would like to tell you about the benefits of 100% Wisconsin dairy products, if only she still could.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin
Tirelessly maintained by a Wisconsin man named JFK.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.
Shullsburg, Wisconsin
A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.
Washington, Wisconsin
Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
A bronze statue to commemorate the former president's visit to a local Polish-American festival.
Everett, Pennsylvania
A 20-foot-tall quarter commemorates George Washington’s ties to Bedford County.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.