Gladbrook, Iowa
Matchstick Marvels Museum
A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.
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Gladbrook, Iowa
A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.
West Mineral, Kansas
The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.
Cuba, Missouri
The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.
Kewanee, Illinois
The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.
Chandler, Arizona
Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.
Elberta, Alabama
Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.
La Junta, Colorado
The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.
Leadore, Idaho
A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.
Weskan, Kansas
A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.
Philip, South Dakota
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
Brooklyn, New York
The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.
Dyersville, Iowa
A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.
Versailles, Ohio
The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.
Amarillo, Texas
These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.
Boise, Idaho
Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.
Milford, Pennsylvania
One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.
Amarillo, Texas
A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.
Monowi, Nebraska
America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Monticello, Utah
This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.
Columbus Junction, Iowa
A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.
Denio, Nevada
Mine your own precious stones.
Watrous, New Mexico
The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.
Worden, Montana
The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.