Places tristanpollock Wants to Go

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

A town honors its legacy of traditional American Indian pipe carving with one gigantic pipe.

Home of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland.

A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.

America's largest viking stands in a Minnesota city that believes it was visited by the ancient nords.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

One of the coolest murals in Minneapolis.

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

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

A speck of nature and art in one of San Francisco’s most notorious neighborhoods.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

This historic national park is covered in the stunning ruins of red rock pueblos.