Saint Paul, Minnesota
School Patrol Flagpole
This plaque marks the spot where the first crossing guards helped get kids safely to school.
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Saint Paul, Minnesota
This plaque marks the spot where the first crossing guards helped get kids safely to school.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.
Hubertus, Wisconsin
According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.
Colgate, Wisconsin
This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.
Racine, Wisconsin
The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Incline Village, Nevada
A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Kansasville, Wisconsin
The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This holy goods emporium is where priests go for a little retail therapy to outfit their churches.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.
Williams Bay, Wisconsin
Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.
Beatrice, Nebraska
This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.
Orchard, Colorado
In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.
Buford, Wyoming
One of the smallest towns in the United States.
Green River, Wyoming
This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.
Buford, Wyoming
A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.
Corinne, Utah
An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.