Riverton, West Virginia
Spruce Knob
Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.
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Riverton, West Virginia
Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
A town filled with hot chocolate, dazzling lights, and lots of Christmas cheer.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Lewes, Delaware
World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.
Wilmington, Delaware
The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.
Delaware City, Delaware
A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Perpetually Under construction Park.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.
Fargo, North Dakota
"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"
Montreal, Québec
Futuristic apartment blocks are the backdrop for Montreal surfers hangin' ten on the Habitat '67 standing wave.
Montreal, Québec
This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.
Sarnia, Ontario
Over 60 chemical plants and oil refineries sit in a 15-mile-wide section outside town.
Lincoln, Ontario
The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
Galloway, Ohio
Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.
Columbus, Ohio
Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.
Columbus, Ohio
A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.
Dublin, Ohio
The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.
Marion, Ohio
This presidential tomb was not dedicated until years after Harding's death due to personal controversy.