The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

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

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

The Largest Little Museum in the Northwest.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.