Boston, Massachusetts
Forest Hills Cemetery
A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
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Boston, Massachusetts
A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
Boston, Massachusetts
The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.
Delray Beach, Florida
Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.
Edina, Minnesota
Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.
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.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Phillips, Wisconsin
An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.
Houston, Texas
A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.
Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Houston, Texas
This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.
Mayer, Arizona
An urban laboratory.
Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin
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.
Ironwood, Michigan
A larger-than-life version of the hat beloved by hunters, outdoorsmen, and Holden Caulfield.
Ironwood, Michigan
The largest ski jump in the Western Hemisphere hasn't hosted skiers in decades.
La Pointe, Wisconsin
These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.
Duluth, Minnesota
The watery grave of an impractical idea.
Two Harbors, Minnesota
This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.